Friday, February 25, 2011

Tech Trailblazers #2

Tim Berners Lee
1. Tim is the co founder and was credited for the invention of the World Wide Web. He started the invention with a student by the name of Robert Cailliau who helped him all along the way.
2. The effect that Lee has had on the technology industry is huge he invented the World Wide Web which people use every single day.
3. The effect that he has had on me is that i go on the computer every single day and what i go to is the internet and to go to a website i have to type in www which stands for World Wide Web.














Anita Brown
1. Anita Brown is the founder of the organization Black Geeks Online. She wanted colored people to be part of the internet to so she started this non-profit organization to help colored people be involved.
2. The impact that Anita had on the technology induystry is huge because she incourageed black people to join the internet and get out there because Anita wanted to push technology.
3. The impact that Anita Brown has had on me is that i have made a lot of friends over the internet and some of them are of differnet races and colors so i have to owe it to her for me getting to know them.


Tech Trailblazers #3

Dan Bricklin
1. The reason that made Dan Bricklin so famous in the computer industry is that he was the co founder of the Vista-calc spread sheet program, which was the first spread sheet program for the personal computer.
2. Dan Bricklin had the effect on technology by creating a spread sheet program that would allow the personal computer to make a spread sheet on the computer, so when you made a mistaske you didnt have to erase as much if you did it on the black board.
3. By Dan Bricklin creating the computer spread sheet program it hasn't really effected me because ive never done anything with a computer spread sheet.













Masayoshi Son
1. He is the founder and is also the cheif executive officer of the companys SoftBank Capital and SoftBank Mobile. He is known as the richest man in Japan. He is the richest man in Japan but yet he has lost the most money than anyone else.
2. The impact that Masayoshi Son has had on the technology industry is that he was the one who got the idea of a Capital bank and the idea of mobile banking.
3. The impact he has had on me is that i got a new phone about two months ago and it has the mobile banking app so whenever i get checks i can just take a picture of the front and back of the check and it will go strait to my savings account.


Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Tech Trailblazers #4

Jack Kilby
1. He is so successful because he invented the hand-held calculator. Most students use that everyday in Mathematics calasses. He also invented the thermal printer in which it uses thermal heat to produce an image instead of ink, another invention of his is the Integrated circuit which is most commonly known as a microchip or a circuit.
2. The effect that Jack Kilby had on technology is that he invented things that people needed but never thought of.
3. The impact that Jack Kilby has had on me is that he invented the handheld calculator and i use that almost every single day during algebra because its faster, more efficient, and easy to use.













Gordon Moore
1. He is the co-founder of the large company Intel in which whenever we go on a laptop we are most likely using something by Intel.
2. Intel corporation is built into some of our computers to help make it better and more efficient.
3. Gordon Moore hasnt really had an effect on my life because I dont have a computer with Intel built into it.