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History of Video Game Consoles
Edd Vanterpool
IT Essay
Technology Timeline Report
History of Video Game Consoles
The Brown Box (1967)
Ralph Baer, a German born television engineer, co workers and himself decided to create the first video game console that was compatible with the standard television set of that time. Basically Bear and his co workers designed 12 games for their system including the game where two squares chase each other on the screen. Hence the name of the game was the Chase Game.
The Odyssey (1972)
Baer and his co worker made a name for themselves by creating the previous system. So they were hired to create another system named the Magnavox Odyssey the first commercial video game console. The system was marketed in the Magnavox TV dealership. The console Featured 12 games, but the console’s popularity was stooped because of two reasons. TV dealers didn’t see the importance of the console. Two there was a rumor that the system is only compatible with the Magnavox TV set.
The Pong (1975)
Noland Bushnell founded Atari in 1972 which had a hit in the arcade. In 1975 he made a home version in Sears’s stores. The most popular game on the Atari is a similar to ping pong.
Atari (1977)
Since a single-console game’s popularity cannot last forever, Bushnell created a cartage based system. It became such a great hit with games like space Invaders, breakout, Missile Command, and Combat just to name a few.
Intellivision (1980)
Mattel introduced the intellivision to counter Atari’s popularity. In the early 80s there was a rivalry named the console wars between Atari and Mattel. The intellivision has slightly better graphics. Both consoles attract third party game developers like Coleco and Activision. The Vectrex another major industry lead in the crash in 1983-1984 which many gaming companies went bankrupt.
NET (1985)
Nintendo, which was at first a Japanese card company, released the Nintendo Entertainment System which is known as Famicom in Japan. Relaters weren’t sure about marketing the product because of the video game crash. In the end NET became the bestselling video game console in video game history.
Game Boy (1989)
Nintendo hit the top charts again with the release of the game boy. It was the first major handheld game console. It featured an 8 bit CPU just like the NET. Because of the release of the game Tetris sales went even higher. The game Boy went through some changes like the game boy pocket in 1996 and Game boy color in 1998.
Playstation (1995)
Made by Sony, this system this was the most popular system in the 32 bit era of video games. Because of its three dimensional game-play it out lasted the other 2 dimensional consoles. With CD ROM technology the price of playstation games dropped dramatically compared to cartage based games.
Nintendo 64 (1996)
This system was the last mass marketing system to operate with cartage based games. The cartage eliminated the need for memory cards. Nintendo lacked the broad range of games unlike the playstation but still remained popular with games like Super Mario 64.
Playstation 2 (2000)
The first 128 bit system but was still compatible with the original play station. It could also be used as a DVD player. It became the most popular 128 bit system.This system marked the rise of high speed internet connection systems.
Xbox (2001)
Microsoft made its first independent system with its release of the Xbox. The company used PC technology which allowed better performance compared with Playstation. One of the Xbox’s greatest hits is halo combat evolved.
Xbox 360 (2005)
Microsoft Xbox 360 was released on November 5th, 2005 A HD Drive drive was later available as an accessory; however, with this accessory's production has been ceased by Microsoft.[4] The Xbox Live service allows the Xbox 360 to connect to the internet via a built-in Ethernet port or a wireless accessory.
Playstation 3 (2006)
Sony PlayStation 3 was released in Japan on November 11, 2006, in North America on November 17, 2006 and in Europe on March 23, 2007. All PlayStation 3s come with a hard drive and are able to play Blu-ray Disc movies and games out of the box. The PlayStation 3 was the first video game console to support HDMI output out of the box, utilizing full 1080p resolution. Up to seven devices (including controllers, with tilt-sensing capabilities) connect to the console using Bluetooth.
Nintendo Wii (2006)
Nintendo Wii was released in North America on November 19, 2006, in Japan on December 2, 2006, in Australia on December 7, 2006, and in Europe on December 8, 2006. It is bundled with Wii Sports and Wii Sports Resort in all regions except for Japan. Unlike the other systems of the seventh generation, the Wii does not support an internal hard drive, but instead uses 512 MB of internal Flash memory and includes support for removable SD card storage.
Cited Sources:
http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101050523/console_timeline/
Global Politics Essay
Edd Vanterpool
Global Politics Essay
The Cold War
The Introduction
In this essay I will be writing about the cold war’s technology, military,
economy. In the cold war the two main enemies were The United States and Soviet
Union. The cold war had a powerful influence on technology. The funding for new
weapons went to Nuclear Weapons. The United States in the cold war distributed their
money to between the private sector and the government nonmilitary sector.
Body
The Cold war had a great influence on technology. The money for new weapons was
based on the nuclear realm. Technology helps us become more accurate in delivering
military vehicles with also allows the air force to use smaller war heads. With smaller
war heads the air force could have a variety of things that they can equip to aircraft that
are able to equip nuclear bombers. Our air forces superiority in nuclear weapons makes
up for the soviet’s superiority in conventional weapons.
The term The Cold War was first used by Bernard Baruch (Harry Truman's adviser).The
actual date for the cold war is not know. Historians are still arguing about the actual date
for the start of the cold war. I think the start of the cold war is around 1947 because that
year our president Harry Truman declared an anti-communist policy. A main cause of the
cold war was power between the United States and Soviet Union. With the decline of
Europe the power was mainly shared between United States and Soviet Union. Another
reason why the cold war started was because the United States wanted free trade
throughout the world but the Soviet Union didn't want to open up too western influences.
In the United States people have the right to voice their opinions, elect their
government, and right of the press. However the Soviet Union didn't have those rights.
They didn't have the right of assembly, press and speech. Because of those differences
they United States and Soviet didn't have common ground.
After 1953 the tension between the United States and Soviet Union
decreased because both of the countries had hydrogen bombs which would destroy each
other in war. The destruction of the wall of Berlin showed the world the end of Soviet
domination in Europe. The cold war ended around 1990 with the collapse of the Soviet
Union.
Conclusion
Basically the cold war was a conflict between the United States and Soviet Union.
The United States were for the democrats and Soviet Union for the Communists. The war was
four decades long
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Ipod Nano
Edd Vanterpool
Technology Article 11/1
Ipod Nano
The new ipod nano only weighs .79 ounces and is 1.50 inches in height. Its width is 1.60 inches. There are two versions of the ipod the 8GB and the 16GB. Within those two versions, there are 7 colors. Gray, Green, White, Yellow, Pink and the exclusive Red. The battery life is up to 24 hours. The ipod nano is designed to reduce environmental impact. Some of the features are“Arsenic-free display glass,BFR-free, Mercury-free, PVC-free, Recyclable aluminum enclosure, Smaller, more compact packaging (45% smaller, 46% lighter)’’. You can charge via computer or power adapter. Full time charge is 3 hours. 29 different languages: Arabic, Brazilian Portuguese, Cantonese (Traditional Chinese), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese and Turkish. Another cool feature is that song, album, and artist information can also be displayed in Bulgarian, Serbian, Slovenian, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese. “For Arabic and Hebrew language support, some UI elements are not right to left.” When you buy the ipod, inside of the box contains the ipod, ipod headphones, dock connector to usb cable, Quick start guide and important document information. The environmental requirements are: operating temperature: 32° to 95° F (0° to 35° C). Non operating temperature: -4° to 113° F(-20° to 45° C).Relative humidity: 5% to 95% non condensing. Maximum operating altitude: 10,000 feet (3000 m). This unique ipod has high resolution LCD display with adjustable back light settings for easier reading in low light. The FM Radio regional settings for America, Asia, Australia, Europe, and Japan. The audio formats supported are: “AAC (8 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), HE-AAC, MP3 (8 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, 4, Audible Enhanced Audio, AAX, and AAX+), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV”. The navigation is a multi-touch display. There are 29 voice over languages : “Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English (Australia, UK, U.S.), Finnish, French (Canada, France), German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish (Mexico, Spain), Swedish, Thai and Turkish”. The display is 1.54-inch (diagonal) color TFT display, 240-by-240-pixel resolution and 220 pixels per inch.
The Variety of Colors 
Sources:
http://www.apple.com/ipodnano/specs.html
IPhone 4
Edd Vanterpool
Technology Article 10/29
iPhone 4
The new iPhone 4 is 4.5 inches in height and 2.31 inches in width. it weighs 5 ounces there are two different versions. the first contains 16GB and the second 32GB. The two colors are white and black and has a 5 mega pixel camera. The White version got postponed and the bumpers were free until September 30. “Viewable document types are jpg, tiff, gif (images); .doc and .docx (Microsoft Word); .htm and .html (web pages); .key (Keynote); .numbers (Numbers); .pages (Pages); .pdf (Preview and Adobe Acrobat); .ppt and .pptx (Microsoft PowerPoint); .txt (text); .rtf (rich text format); .vcf (contact information); .xls and .xlsx (Microsoft Excel)”
It has a built-in rechargeable lithium-ion battery. You can also charge via USB computer system or power adapter. Talk time is up to 7 hours on 3G and up to 14 hours on 2G. It can standby up to 300 hours.You can use the Internet up to 6 hours on 3G and 14 hours on 2G. The Video playback is up to 10 hours. The Audio playback is up to 40 hours. The Operating temperature for the iPhone is 32° to 95°F(0° to 35° C). The Maximum operating altitude is 10,000 feet (3000 m). When you buy the iPhone, inside of the box is an iPhone, Apple Earphones with Remote and Mic, Dock Connector to USB Cable, and USB Power Adapter.The windows and Mac system requirements are a USB 2.0 port,Windows 7,Windows Vista, or Windows XP Home or Professional are for windows and Mac OS X v10.5.8 or later is for the Mac. iTunes 9.2 or later, a iTunes Store account and of course Internet access. “Language support for English (U.S.), English (UK), French (France), German, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian, Korean, Japanese, Russian, Polish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Hungarian, Arabic, Thai, Czech, Greek, Hebrew, Indonesian, Malay, Romanian, Slovak, Croatian, Catalan, and Vietnamese.” There are also bumpers for your iPhone . You can choose one of six colors. White, black, blue, green, orange, and pink. “All you have to do is slip it around the edge of your iPhone 4. With metal buttons for volume and power, two-tone colors, and a combination of rubber and molded plastic, Bumpers add a touch of style to any iPhone 4”.”Retina display3.5-inch (diagonal) wide screen Multi-Touch display960-by-640-pixel resolution at 326 ppi800:1 contrast ratio (typical)500 CD/m2 max brightness (typical)Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating on front and back Support for display of multiple languages and characters simultaneously”.”Video formats supported: H.264 video up to 720p, 30 frames per second, Main Profile level 3.1 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps per channel, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; Motion JPEG (M-JPEG) up to 35 Mbps, 1280 by 720 pixels, 30 frames per second, audio in ulaw, PCM stereo audio in .avi file format”.
Color
- White or black
Bumpers for iPhone 4
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Macbook Air
Edd vanterpool
Macbook Air
The new macbook is designed by apple supposedly the world’s thinnest notebook. It came out today October 20, 2010. It is said to be ultraportable and is the first laptop to implement Apple's precision aluminum enclosure. It only weighs 3lbs which isn’t a lot for a laptop. The MacBook Air has been revised three times since the original release. The first revision introduced higher performance, a larger hard drive, and a Mini Display Port The second revision, introduced with the MacBook Pro family, featured a lower price, higher performance, and longer battery life. It was revised once again today with the addition of a smaller 11inch one. There is a flip down hatch on the right side that reveals the USB port and a stereo earphone jack. Now on the left side, there is port for the changer. Above the screen, a webcam and microphone are located. There are a couple of issues though. Like the tight fit for the USB and headphones socket. There are two versions but they are basically the same. The second has a larger screen. It has two processors. The macbook air has taken the technology from the ipad, and advanced that. Multi touch is basically used on every apple device which includes the Air. Inside of the Mac air, there is a lot of space for the battery. The Air his this new cool addition that allows you to put the Mac asleep for an hour it enters its standby mode. When you leave your Mac like that, you then can leave it like that up to 1 month and at the touch of a button it will wake up in an instant. The battery lasts up to seven hours with the 13 inch model and five hours for the 11 inch model. Since it has two Intel core processors, it is very fast. It also has the fastest integrated graphics on the market.
The Left Side
The Right Side
OKI C801 PRINTER FOR SMALL BUSINESS
EDD VANTERPOOL
TECHNOLOGY ARTICLE
OKI C801 PRINTER FOR SMALL BUSINESS
THIS UNIQUE PRINTER HAS EXCELLENT QUALITY AND A GREAT PRINTING SPEED AND QUALITY. IT HAS AN EASY TO ADAPT TO CONTROL PANEL. IT HAS WAY LESS LIMITATIONS THAN THE LASERJET 3005X THE COMPANY’S FORMER PRINTER SYSTEM. SOME OF THE FEATURES INCLUDE THE LCD DISPLAY, MENU BUTTONS MULTIPLE WAY NAVIGATION. YOU ALSO HAVE THE OPTION TO CHOOSE THE LANGUAGE THAT YOU WANT THE DOCUMENT TO WRITE FROM. IT IS VERY EASY TO FIND THE IP ADDRESS WHICH MEANS YOU DON’T HAVE TO PRINT A CONFIGURATION PAGE.
Sources: http://compitems.com/
Y-Cam Bullet wireless network webcam
Edd Vanterpool
Technology Article 4
Y- Cam solutions ltd., a company from UK and a global leader IP networks, has recently released the Y cam bullet. This webcam enables real-time viewing and hearing of footage from across the world and it is weatherproof. For starters all you need is an Internet enabled phone or computer connection. This webcam has a lot of attributes that professional camera would have. It has a two way audio option that allows you to speak with anyone at the site of your camera. The second option is a built in microphone. The latest and greatest feature on this camera is its IP camera range. It is the first device from this company that allows you to use it outside and inside. It also comes with an IP66 weather resistance casing which is designed to resist the various weather conditions.
It has an infrared night vision feature that alows you to still se when there is little or no light.
Jelfin Gel computer mouse
Edd Vanterpool
Technology Report 3
A lot of people don’t pay a lot of attention to their computer mouse but the ones that care actually choose between a wired mouse and a wireless mouse. To not have that problem anymore Jelfin recently created a mouse that is wireless and also has and attachment that allows it to be able to connect to a USB port. The mouse has a ball like design that can fit conventionally to your palm. With its unique shape it is the first gel cushion mouse available. The removable gel cushion lets you see an unique color apart from the other color. The mouse is available in 5 different colors. According to the president and CEO of Jelfin, Nick Pajic, the unique mouse received a wonderful response at the 2010 Consumer Electronic Show which was held in Los Angeles. The unique mouse is at a very affordable price of $35.00.
The Ipad
Edd Vanterpool
Technology Article 2
The Ipad is just like the apple iPod touch but just bigger. It weighs around two pounds and has the height of 10 inches with the width of 7 inches. It carries around a 25watt hour rechargeable lithium polymer battery. On the ipad you have up to 10 hours of surfing the web, watching a video, or listening to music. You can charge two different ways. The first is from the power adapter and the other from is from the USB port. There are three different models of the ipad. The first is the 16GB. The second is the 32G and finally the third is the 64GB. All three of the devices contain Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. When you buy first buy the ipad, in the box there is a Dock Connector to USB Cable Doc, 10W USB Power Adapter and the Documentation. The languages supported by the ipad are English, French, German, Japanese, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, and Russian. The Ipad Case is an accessory that you should by for your ipad because it is the perfect way to carry around your iPad.” it does double duty. It folds in just the right places to act as a stand that holds iPad at an ideal angle for watching videos and slideshows or for typing on the onscreen keyboard”. This ipad case only costs $40.00. “The iPad Keyboard Dock combines a dock for charging your iPad with a full-size keyboard. The dock has a rear dock connector port, which lets you connect to an electrical outlet using the USB Power Adapter, sync to your computer, and use accessories like the iPad Camera Connection Kit. An audio line out port lets you connect to a stereo or speakers.
Google Music
Google’s rumors about the music service are finally coming out. Google is planning to launch storage lockers that users can save their music and get it from any internet access area. The first step for Google is a download store that contains music, music videos, ect.. Also it would just like iTunes, Amazon, or any other music download store. Once the merchandise is purchased, is would be downloaded to two places. 1. Your internet accessible device, like Google TV with is coming soon and music library were song are stored.
Google could collide with trouble when it comes with to the record labels. The fee would be around 25 dollars an hour which would split revenues 50:50. Music publisher would also take around a 11 percent share but, this early there is no clear way to tell who this is coming from. That percentage is actually a lot for Google only because Google’s songs are from file sharing sites would deffinately be in the way on sites that are legit.
There is still some way to go for Google to get all of the agreements to get signed. Google is totally going to want to start in the United States. A similar streaming company named Spotify hasn’t managed to set up in America yet, even though they got nearly 10 million users in Europe.
Sources:
http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/09/report-google-music-to-combine-cloud-downloads/
Ediegeo R.Vanterpool
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