Today in Tech History – – June 22, 2018

Today in Tech History/ Writing / June 22nd, 2018

1675 – Britain’s King Charles II established the observatory at Greenwich with the main purpose of determining precise longitudes to aid in navigation. This purpose led to Greenwich being marked as the prime meridian and later Greenwich Mean Time.

http://books.google.com/books?id=KXFLAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA140&lpg=PA140&dq=june+22+1675+greenwich+royal+warrant&source=bl&ots=Wq9jymLyYF&sig=aIu0NBzBNBOKCLwJfhH-gS1D-Pc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=He65UYGiMeWKjALA_IDgDw&ved=0CEYQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=june%2022%201675%20greenwich%20royal%20warrant&f=false

1799 – The first definitive prototype metre bars (mètre des Archives) and kilograms were constructed in platinum.

http://www.sizes.com/units/meter.htm

1996 – Quake, the successor to the first-person shooter Doom was released by id Software with music composed by Trent Reznor. The Quake engine offered full real-time 3D rendering and had early support for 3D acceleration through OpenGL. It also added several multiplayer options.

http://rome.ro/news/2016/6/22/happy-20th-birthday-quake

1999 – The first demonstration of live rats directly controlling a robot arm with their thoughts was published by Nature Neuroscience.

https://corporate.dukehealth.org/news-listing/rats-operate-robotic-arm-brain-activity

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DTNS 3310 – Sewing the Seeds of Success

Daily Tech News Show / June 22nd, 2018

What’s the state of diversity in tech and are the steps used to help improve the situation working? Plus YouTube announces new revenue options for creators and US Supreme Court rules that privacy in the digital age includes cellphone data held by 3rd parties.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Megan Rose Dickey, Roger Chang and Len Peralta.

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Daily Tech Headlines – June 22, 2018

Daily Tech News Show / June 22nd, 2018

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500YouTube offers new monetization options, Uber driver watching Hulu during fatal-autonomous car accident, Microsoft launches visual search.

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Today in Tech History – – June 21, 2018

Today in Tech History/ Writing / June 21st, 2018

1948 – The Small-Scale Experimental Machine, SSEM took 52 minutes to run its first program, written by Professor Tom Kilburn. SSEM was the first computer to store programs electronically. The SSEM was nicknamed the “Manchester Baby”.

http://curation.cs.manchester.ac.uk/computer50/www.computer50.org/mark1/new.baby.html

1981 – IBM retired the last of its “STRETCH” mainframes. These mainframes were part of the 7000 series that made up the company’s first transistorized computers.

http://www.edn.com/electronics-blogs/other/4375893/IBM-retires-7030–STRETCH–computer–June-21–1981

2004 – SpaceShipOne became the first privately developed piloted vehicle to leave Earth’s atmosphere and reach the edge of space.

https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/spaceshipone

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DTNS 3309 – Chief Justice Etsy

Daily Tech News Show / June 21st, 2018

The US Supreme Court rules that states can force online stores to collect taxes on goods sold in their jurisdiction. How will this ruling shake up the e-tailing space in the USA and what will it mean for smaller players?

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Justin Robert Young.

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Daily Tech Headlines – June 21, 2018

Daily Tech News Show / June 21st, 2018

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500Brian Krzanich out as Intel CEO, Microsoft says it’s not working on VR for Xbox, AT&T shares Watch TV internet service partners.

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Today in Tech History – – June 20, 2018

Today in Tech History/ Writing / June 20th, 2018

1840 – Samuel F.B. Morse received a US patent for “Improvement in the mode of communicating information by signals by the application of electro-magnetism.” We call it Morse code.

http://www.google.com/patents?id=Xx5AAAAAEBAJ&printsec=abstract&zoom=4#v=onepage&q&f=false

1963 – A hotline was established between the Soviet Union and the United States following the Cuban Missile Crisis. While later it would become the famous “red telephone” it started as a teletype.

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/united-states-and-soviet-union-will-establish-a-hot-line

2003 – The WikiMedia Foundation was founded in St. Petersburg, Florida by Jimmy Wales to oversee the various Wiki projects like Wikipedia.

http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Relocation

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DTNS 3308 – Brave Enough to Browse Differently?

Daily Tech News Show / June 20th, 2018

The Brave web browser has started voluntary testing of its new ad opt-in program where uses can choose to see targeted ads based on their browsing history. Is this a new model of how smart browsers can juggle the demands of online advertising and improved user experience?

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Scott Johnson.

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