Comments on: 15 World’s Firsts http://howtobearetronaut.com/2010/09/15-worlds-firsts/ Ever get the feeling you're living in the wrong time? Thu, 10 Nov 2024 17:04:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jinx http://howtobearetronaut.com/2010/09/15-worlds-firsts/#comment-86301 Jinx Thu, 03 Nov 2024 15:30:53 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=5596#comment-86301 I used a phone modem in 1986 to order parts from Supply when I was in the military. Not quite the World Wide Web, but it was definitely a world wide computerized purchasing system! Ahh, the Internet... I remember when all of this was fields! I used a phone modem in 1986 to order parts from Supply when I was in the military. Not quite the World Wide Web, but it was definitely a world wide computerized purchasing system!

Ahh, the Internet… I remember when all of this was fields!

]]> By: Julie D. http://howtobearetronaut.com/2010/09/15-worlds-firsts/#comment-62689 Julie D. Tue, 13 Sep 2024 17:35:33 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=5596#comment-62689 Where are the answers to the crossword puzzle? It's driving me nuts! Where are the answers to the crossword puzzle? It’s driving me nuts!

]]> By: Michel http://howtobearetronaut.com/2010/09/15-worlds-firsts/#comment-56267 Michel Sun, 24 Jul 2024 03:07:52 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=5596#comment-56267 Regarding the first X-ray, Nikola Tesla took several X-ray photographs in 1894, a full year before Rontgen's wife's hand. This article discusses this, including correspondence between the two men: http://radiographics.rsna.org/content/28/4/1189 Regarding the first X-ray, Nikola Tesla took several X-ray photographs in 1894, a full year before Rontgen’s wife’s hand.

This article discusses this, including correspondence between the two men:

http://radiographics.rsna.org/content/28/4/1189

]]> By: Maurice http://howtobearetronaut.com/2010/09/15-worlds-firsts/#comment-6837 Maurice Fri, 10 Sep 2024 10:26:54 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=5596#comment-6837 Ah.... the Intel 4004 might be the world's first ***microprocessor*** but the first microchip (aka integrated circuit) dates from around 1958 (Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce are the names to Google)... There were plenty of microchips (also known as "monolithic circuits" and some other names) designed and implemented in the 60's.... Ah…. the Intel 4004 might be the world’s first ***microprocessor*** but the first microchip (aka integrated circuit) dates from around 1958 (Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce are the names to Google)… There were plenty of microchips (also known as “monolithic circuits” and some other names) designed and implemented in the 60′s….

]]> By: Andrew http://howtobearetronaut.com/2010/09/15-worlds-firsts/#comment-6573 Andrew Wed, 08 Sep 2024 11:08:58 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=5596#comment-6573 Unless you buy the argument that the Turin Shroud is the world's first photograph... Unless you buy the argument that the Turin Shroud is the world’s first photograph…

]]> By: Daniel http://howtobearetronaut.com/2010/09/15-worlds-firsts/#comment-6387 Daniel Mon, 06 Sep 2024 11:56:53 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=5596#comment-6387 Surely the Coaching Inn predates the Motel? And isn't a Motel simply a hotel with a car park anyway? Surely the Coaching Inn predates the Motel? And isn’t a Motel simply a hotel with a car park anyway?

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