What was invented in 1962?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1962 That is really comprehensive.
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For the keyboard question, click on the link below:\n\nhttp://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bltypewriter.htm\n\nAs for the weight of the first generation of computers...they varied.  ENIAC (an acronym for Electronic Numerator, Integrator, Analyser and Computer) was a leviathan in the computing world and weighed in at over 30,000kg (the average small car is 1000kg). This beast occupied over 90 sq/m (1,000 square feet) of floor space.  It has over 17,000 thermionic valves and needed thousands of kilowatts of electricity to operate.  It has 20, 10 digit accumulators, clocked at 100Hz and could do 5,000 additions and over 300 multiplications per second.  ENIAC was built for the US Army's Ballistics Research Labs but came in too late for major use in World War 2 (1945) and was way over budget.\n\nI did an assignment for this in 2001 and it was a fascinating subject.  Incidentally, the abacus is considered by many to be the worlds first computing device...invented over 4000 years ago.
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I'm not sure if you will be able to find any patent information going back to 1748.  You might try your local county library and see what resources they have.
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The first "computer" :)  was discover in 1938 by John Atanasov (lived in the USA, but bulgarian :) )
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I'm not sure...but I think I recall him saying he invented it!
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A\nNils Alwall, (1904-1986), Sweden — the dialysis machine \nArchimedes, (c 287 BC-212 BC), Greece \nManfred von Ardenne, (1907-1997), Germany \nWilliam George Armstrong, (1810-1900), England — hydraulic crane \nJoseph Aspdin, (1788–1855), England — Portland cement \nJohn Vincent Atanasoff, (1903-1995), Bulgaria — modern computer \n[edit]\nB\nCharles Babbage, (1791-1871), England — Analytical engine \nLeo Baekeland, (1863-1944), Belgian–American — Velox photographic paper and Bakelite \nRalph Baer, (1922-), German born American — the home video game console \nJohn Logie Baird, (1888-1946), Scotland — a working television \nJohn Bardeen, (1908-1991), USA — co-inventor of the transistor \nTrevor Baylis, (1937-), England — a wind-up radio \nDonát Bánki, (1859-1922), Hungary — inventor of the carburetor \nArnold O. Beckman, (1900-2004), USA — pH meter \nAlexander Graham Bell, (1847-1922), Canada — telephone \nKarl Benz, (1844–1929), Germany — the petrol-powered automobile \nEmile Berliner, (1851-1929), Germany and USA — the disc record gramophone \nTim Berners-Lee, (1955-), England — with Robert Cailliau, the World Wide Web \nBi Sheng, (?-1052), China — primitive movable printing types \nLászlo Bíró, (1899-1985), Hungary — modern ballpoint pen \nOttó Bláthy (1860-1939), Hungary — co-inventor of thetransformer, wattmeter, alternating current (AC) and turbogenerator \nKatherine Blodgett, (1898-1979), England — nonreflective glass \nNils Bohlin, (1920-2002), Sweden — the three-point seat belt \nJános Bolyai (1802-1860), Hungary — discoverer of non-Euclidean geometry \nJoseph-Armand Bombardier, (1907-1964), Canada — snowmobile \nSeth Boyden, (1788-1870), USA — nail-making machine \nWalter Houser Brattain, (1902-1987), USA — co-inventor of the transistor \nLouis Braille, (1809-1852), France — the Braille writing system \nKarl Ferdinand Braun, (1850-1918), Germany — cathode-ray tube oscilloscope \nImre Bródy, (1891-1944), Hungary — co-inventor of krypton-filled fluorescent lamps \nEdwin Beard Budding, (1795-1846), England — lawnmower \nRoger Bacon, (1214-1292), England — magnifying glass \n[edit]\nC\nCài Lún, (50 AD — 121), China — paper \nMarvin Camras, (1916 - 1995), USA — magnetic recording \nChester Carlson, (1906-1968), USA — electrophotography \nWallace Carothers, (1896-1937), USA — Nylon \nAdrian Chernoff, (1971-), USA — Hy-wire, Rubber Bandits \nSamuel Hunter Christie, (1784-1865), England — Wheatstone bridge \nChristopher Cockerell, (1910-1999), England — Hovercraft \nJacques Cousteau, (1910–1997), France — co-inventor of the aqualung \nHolger Crafoord, (1908-1982), Sweden — inventor of the artificial kidney \nJános Csonka, (1852-1939), Hungary — co-inventor of carburetor \nNicolas-Joseph Cugnot, (1725-1804), France — automobile \nJuan de la Cierva, (1895-1936), Spain — the autogyro \nRichard Cinque, (1960-), USA — Sock Clip, Plate Caddy \nWilliam Cullen, (1710-1790), Scotland — first artificial refrigerator \n[edit]\nD\nGustaf Dalén, (1869-1937), Sweden — invented the AGA Lighthouse \nSalvino D'Armate, (?-?), Italy — credited for inventing eyeglasses in 1284 \nJoseph Day, (1855-1946), England — the crankcase compression two stroke engine \nLee DeForest, (1873-1961), USA — triode \nSir James Dewar, (1842-1923), Scotland — Thermos flask \nMiksa Déri (1854-1938), Hungary — co-inventor of transformer \nWilliam Kennedy Laurie Dickson, (1860-1935), Scotland — motion picture camera \nRudolf Diesel, (1858-1913), Germany — Diesel engine \nKarl Drais, (1785-1851), Germany — dandy horse (Draisine) \nCornelius Drebbel, (1572-1633), The Netherlands — first navigable submarine \nRichard Drew, (1899-1980), USA — Scotch (or cellophane) tape \n[edit]\nE\nGeorge Eastman, (1854-1932), USA — film-roll \nThomas Edison, (1847-1931), USA — phonograph, commercially practical light bulb, motion picture projector
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Henry Abraham invented the Astable multivibrator1918. Thats the earliest i can find. Its a monostable multivibrator with capacitor couplings at both ends rather than one. It alows the caircuit to be unstable at both states so it can oscillate from one to the other without stopping. \n\nIts an easier way for implemation of two stae systems
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Check out the information on ebay or amazon.  It will give you ideas.  Imitation is the mother of invention.
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Robert Esnault-Pelterie would be most likely inventor if you wish to agree with the majority of researchers.\nFeel free to visit the source for information over the two mentioned inventors.
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The first *programmable* computer was made in Germany by Konrad Zuse in the late 1930s and early 1940s. They were electromechanical. \nMost of the machines were destroyed by Allied bombings in WW2, so nothing much became of it. The next "big thing" in computers was vacuum tubes.
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That's a superb question!\n\nI guess the Manhattan project is the obvious answer, but I'd like to go back and undo the invention of the wheel, just to see what would happen ;-)
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There's a pircture of a table that was used in a wind tunnel on the cover of a magazine for 1962?! That's amazing!
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The answering machine, the UNIVAC 1 (first commercial computer), super glue, the videotape recorder, MR. POTATO HEAD, radial tires, the 3-D movie, oral contraceptives, velcro, the hoola hoop, and the snowmobile.  Take a look at\n\nhttp://www.fiftiesweb.com/pop/inventions.htm
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The one I have was made (manufactured) in 1987.\n\nDid you perhaps mean "invented"?
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There's a little more to it than that. These sites will help you to find what you're looking for.\n\nhttp://www.disclosureproject.org/Outsidethebox-TedLoderPaper.htm\n\nhttp://www.disclosureproject.org/writings.htm\n\nYou can follow links in these pages to see the actual models built from patents aquired in the 1950's.\nYou could build one too.
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The mouse was invented by Douglas Engelbart of Stanford Research Institute in 1963 after extensive usability testing. The first mouse was bulky and used two gear wheels perpendicular to each other: the rotation of each wheel was translated into motion along one axis in the plane. Engelbart received patent US3541541 on November 17, 1970 for an "X-Y Position Indicator For A Display System".
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1966 - Video Game Console\n\n1966 - The hand-held calculator was invented at Texas Instruments\n\n1966 - Artificial heart (left ventricle) Michael Ellis DeBakey\n\n1966 - Tunable dye laser Mary Spaeth