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In 1955, Steve Jobs was born. Certainly in my lifetime, no one person has revolutionized so many different industries as Steve Jobs. Read more at https://davescomputertips.com/steve-jobs-a-revolutionary-man/
Geek Fact for February 24th Read More »
In 1987, Supernova 1987A was first seen. It was the first naked-eye supernova since 1604. Because of its relative proximity to Earth, Supernova 1987A is by far the best-studied supernova of all time. Learn more at http://heritage.stsci.edu/1999/04/sn1987anino.html
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In 2000, Palm introduced the Palm IIIc. When introduced, the Palm IIIc handheld computer was the first color device based on the industry-leading Palm Computing platform. Learn more at http://pressroom.palm.com/releasedetail.cfm?releaseid=339196
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In 1947, Edwin Land demonstrated the Polaroid Land Camera to the Optical Society of America in New York City. It was the first camera to take, develop and print a picture on photo paper (in black and white back then) all in about a minute.
Geek Fact for February 21st Read More »
In 1962, John H.Glenn Jr., aboard Friendship 7, became the first American to orbit the Earth. An Atlas launch vehicle propelled a Mercury spacecraft into Earth orbit and enabled Glenn to circle Earth three times. The flight lasted a total of 4 hours, 55 minutes,
Geek Fact for February 20th Read More »
In 1473, Nicolaus Copernicus was born. Copernicus proposed that the Sun, not the Earth, was the center of the Solar System. Such a model is called a heliocentric system. In this new ordering the Earth is just another planet (the third outward from the Sun),
Geek Fact for February 19th Read More »
In 1930, U.S. astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto. The existence of an unknown ninth planet was first proposed by Percival Lowell, who theorized that wobbles in the orbits of Uranus and Neptune were caused by the gravitational pull of an unknown planetary body. Learn more
Geek Fact for February 18th Read More »
In 1959, Vanguard II, the first weather satellite, was launched. Vanguard II was the first satellite designed to observe and record the cloud cover of the earth. It was a forerunner of the television infrared observation satellites (TIROS). It is still in orbit. Learn more
Geek Fact for February 17th Read More »
In 1978, the first Computer Bulletin Board System (BBS) went online. The first BBS went online in the suburban Chicago home of Walt Christensen. It operated on a North Star Horizon 4 Mhz CP/M computer with a 5 MB hard drive and a 110 Bps
Geek Fact for February 16th Read More »
In 1999, American scientist Henry W. Kendall died. Henry Kendall, together with his colleagues Richard E. Taylor and Jerome I. Friedman, won the 1990 Nobel Prize in Physics for experiments which proved the existence of fundamental building bricks, called quarks, as constituents of the neutron
Geek Fact for February 15th Read More »
In 1924, International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) was founded by Thomas Watson. IBM’s predecessor was Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company, or C-T-R. Thomas Watson began expanding overseas—beyond the UK, Canada and Germany where its products were already sold—taking tiny C-T-R global. He renamed C-T-R with the more expansive
Geek Fact for February 14th Read More »
In 1923, Chuck Yeager was born. On October 14th, 1947 he became the first person to attain supersonic flight when he flew the Bell XS-1 (named Glamorous Glennis) past the sound barrier. Learn more at http://www.century-of-flight.net/Aviation%20history/jet%20age/top%20speed.htm In 1980, Apollo Computer Inc. was incorporated. Apollo made
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In 1998, Intel unveiled its first graphics chip, the Intel i740. Many industry analysts predicted that the i740 would be a fixture in the PC graphics world. Competitors, however, quickly released chips that outperformed the i740. Intel had to sell the chip at fairly low
Geek Fact for February 12th Read More »
In 1847, Thomas Alva Edison was born. Edison was the most prolific inventor in American history. He amassed over 1,000 patents covering a wide range of fields, including telecommunications, electric power, sound recording, motion pictures, primary and storage batteries, and mining and cement technology. Learn
Geek Fact for February 11th Read More »
