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Charles Babbage

Name : Charles Babbage

Born in : London Dec. 26, 1791

Invention : The Computer

History of invention : In Babbage's times there was a really

high error rate in the calculation of math tables, when Babbage
planned to find a new method that could be use to make it
mechanically, removing the human error factor. This idea
started to tickle his brain very early, in 1812.
Three different elements influenced him in this decision: he disliked untidiness and
unprecision; he was very able with logarithmical tables; he was inspired from an
existing work on calculating machines produced by W. Schickard, B.Pascal, and G.
Leibniz.
He discussed the main principles of a calculating engine in a letter he wrote to Sir H.
Davy in the early 1822.

Douglas Engelbart
Name : Douglas Engelbart

Born in : U.S. state of Oregon, January.30, 1925

Invention : Mouse

History of invention : In 1959 started the most

productive period in the life of Engelbart, as he was
appointed as a Director of Augmentation Research
Center (ARC) at Stanford Research Institute, position,
which he keep until 1977. He recruited a research team
(up to 47 people) in his new center, and became the
driving force behind the design and development of the
On-Line System, or NLS. He and his team developed computer-interface elements
such as bit-mapped screens, the first computer mouse, hypertext, collaborative tools,
and precursors to the graphical user interface, groupware (inc. shared-screen
teleconferencing and computer-supported meeting room), etc
Christopher Latham Sholes
Name : Christopher Latham Sholes

Born in : Mooresburg, February. 14, 1819

Invention : Keyboard QWERTY

History Of Invention : Keyboard was first

invented by Christopher Latham Sholes year.
Christopher Latham Sholes was an American
mechanical engineer who invented the first
modern typewriter, and patenting of his creation in
1868, Sholes find typewriters with its partners
named W. Soule and G. Glidden, typewriters are in production by the company
Remington in 1873.

Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum

Gutenberg
Name : Johannes G.zur L.zum Gutenberg
Born in : Jerman, 1400 M

Invention : Printer

History of Invention : In the early 1950s, there was a

very rapid cultural developments in Europe which
raises the need for the process of writing the
document production faster and cheaper. Johannes is
Guternberg, a goldsmith and businessman from
Germany, which has developed technology that has
changed the printing machine in a revolutionary
printing technique. Printing itself is probably the most important invention of the last
millennium, although their impact on the global economy is not too large. This
enables the invention of printing the Bible so book first mass-produced.