Large Hadron Collider Magnets by Alpinethread

1994 – Recently we’ve heard about this thing called the Large Hadron Collider. Although it’s only been in mainstream news for a couple years, it’s been thought up and developed for many years now.On this day, for example, CERN receives not only approval, but also the funding to build this massive device. Because of this, CERN hands the WebCore project to the French organization INRIA (the Institut National pour la Recherche en Informatique et Automatique.)

This Day in Tech History podcast show notes for December 16

• Kevin Mitnick charged with stealing $1 million from DEC
• The Transistor is first demonstrated to a small audience
• The Pepper Pad is released
• Steve Jobs and Apple back out of MacWorld

Richard Wexelblat – History of Programming Languages

1965 - Richard Wexelblat was the first candidate to complete his doctoral dissertation, hence giving him a degree in “Computer Science“. It was presented at the University of Pennsylvania - Moore School of Electrical Engineering. Richard went on to write the “History of Programming Languages” (ISBN:0-12-745040-8)

This Day in Tech History podcast show notes for December 5

• Today is the official birth of the Transistor
• Amazon Crashes
• HD Support for YouTube

Intel Logo

2001 - One problem with technology is that you hit limitations, mostly due to materials used or how small machines can make parts like transistors. For instance, today’s multi-core x86 processors will eventually be replaced because we won’t be able to put anymore transistors on the die – It’s called “Moores Law“. Intel and AMD work hard to get around this law – which is why x86 technology has been around since the 90′s.One thing scientists do to circumvent is to change the restructure the transistor. In 2001, Intel did just that. They launched the TeraHertz – a new transistor, using several new materials – including Zirconium Dioxide (which is used to reduce leakage issues). The new THz transistors brought processing to a new level; High process tasks like facial recognition could be achieved. The TeraHertz also worked on 0.6 Volts, so it vastly reduced power needs.

Intel expected this technology to be implemented by 2005. However, as to this date, the TeraHertz transistor has not been, nor seems to be planned for implementation in processors.

This Day in Tech History podcast show notes for November 26

• 1789 was the first observation of the holiday. It was recommended by President George Washington.
• William Shakespear publishes King Lear
• Trade name Microsoft is registered in New Mexico
• Apple settles $10 million lawsuit with Burst.com

Intel 80386DX released October 17,1985

1985- Intel released the 80386 DX processor. The 275,000 transistor chip was a big jump from the 20 MHz 286. It contained the ability to address up to 4 GB of memory and had a bigger instruction set.  The chip would be released, but most people wouldn’t see the processor until Spring of 1986Interesting enough – the 386 chip was finally discontinued in the Fall of 2007. The chip was used after personal computer days to power many embedded systems.

This Day in Tech History podcast show notes for October 17

• Texas Instruments “afternoon with TI management”
• IMDB is formed (sort of)
• Apple released Mac OS 8.5

Buffalo Wings

This is an especially Geeky day, for not only in 1955 was Captain Kangaroo and the Mickey Mouse Club debuting on CBS and ABC, but in 1964 the first Buffalo Wings were made in Buffalo, New York. Hence the name – buffalo wings. There are four different versions of how they came to be. I think we all need to take an evening off and enjoy a beer and wings with your friends.

This Day in Tech History podcast show notes for October 3

• Patent for the Transistor
• TASCC is opened
• Bill Gates on Browsing extensions