IBM 360/ IBM SYSTEM 360: Sneak PreviewIntroduction to IBM 360
History of Robotics Timeline 320 BC - Greek philosopher Aristotle said : “If every tool, when ordered, or even of its own accord, could do the work that befits it... then there would be no need either of apprentices for the master workers or of slaves for the lords". 1913 - Henry Ford installs the world’s first moving conveyor belt-based assembly line in his car factory. 1932 -The first true robot toy was produced in Japan. 1495 - Around 1495 Leonardo Di Vinci sketched plans for the first humanoid robot. 1948 - British robotics pioneer William Grey Walter creates autonomous machines called Elmer and Elsie that mimic life. 1957 - The Soviet Union launches ‘Sputnik’, the first artificial orbiting satellite, marking the beginning of the space 'exploration'. 1964 - The IBM 360 becomes the first computer to be mass-produced. 1999 - Sony builds Aibo. One of the first robots intended for the consumer market. It sells out within 20 minutes of going on sale. 1999 - Sony builds Aibo. One of the first robots intended for the consumer market. It sells out within 20 minutes of going on sale. 2004 - Epsom releases the smallest known robot, standing 7cm high and weighing just 10 grams. 2008 - The Roomba robotic vacuum cleaner has sold over 2.5 million units.
CCTP 820 – Leading by Design: Principles of Technical and Social SystemsAuthor Archives: Alexander Macgregor Building The Cloud: Principles in Information Technology Design We Live In The Cloud Now. Some Thoughts on the Nature of the Internet Thoughts and Reflection on Digitization and Metamedia A History of Computational Design The Importance of Coding The Importance of Metaphors Affordances and Constraints of Apps The Mediology of the Smart Home The Importance of the Internet as a System of Distributed Cognition
IBM System/360 Model 40
