Tech History Today – Feb. 13

In 1895 – French patent No. 245,032 was issued for appareil servant à l’obtention et à la vision des épreuves chrono-photographiques, AKA the Cinématographe, a combined motion-picture camera and projector.

In 1946 – ENIAC (the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator) the first practical, all-electronic computer was unveiled at the Univ. of Pennsylvania’s Moore School of
Electronics. The New York Times carried the report the next day.

In 2004 – Astronomers announce the discovery of BPM37093 which they also gave the nickname Lucy. It was a pulsating white dwarf star 50 light-years from Earth that also seemed to be the biggest diamond in the Universe.

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