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Criterion A - Research and Analyze:
1. What technology did you choose to research?

2. What prior knowledge did you have on this topic?

3. What was the first form of this technology? And what year was it created? If your technology was created after the 1700s, you will need to figure out what was used before your technology was created. (ex. Telephones replaced telegrams and smoke signals; light bulb replaced candles and oil lamps)

4. List each of the changes that this technology has gone through and what years they were introduced. You must have at least 8 events on your timeline.

5. Where do you think your technology is going in the future? What could be a new form of this technology that might be invented by 2020? (Hint: This is your own opinion and doesn't require research)

6. What reliable sources did you use to get your information?

Using the MYP Rubric, grade yourself on Research and Analysis. 1961 IBM launches the 1401 – the world's first big-selling mainframe computer. 1974 Xerox researchers create the Alto – the first computer to use a modern (windows, mouse) interface. 1975 The Altair – the world's first microcomputer – is launched. Bill Gates drops out of Harvard to write code for it. 1977 Apple II launched by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, for $1,259. One of the first computers with colour LCD, the Apple II was also available 'in board only form for the enthusiastic hobbyist'. This did not include the case, keyboard, power source or game-paddles. 1981 IBM launches its PC and makes personal computers useful for business. It is so successful that Time Magazine names it 'man of the year'. ■ Epson launches the HX-20, the world's first laptop. Its LCD display shows only four lines of text, 20 characters per line. 1982 The Grid Compass 1100 – the first 'clamshell' laptop with a hinged screen – launches. Starting price: $8,150. 1984 Psion launches the Psion Organiser – the first useful palmtop. 1988 NeXT graphics workstation launched. This was the machine built by the company Steve Jobs founded after he was ousted from Apple in 1985. Though the machine failed to sell in large numbers, it was very influential. It was, for example, the machine on which Tim Berners-Lee developed the code for the world wide web. And its Unix operating system provided the basis for Apple's current OS X. 1993 Apple launches the Newton – the first real personal digital assistant' (PDA) – the precursor of the iPad. The promotional campaign featured speeches from Tom Selleck and Tom Clancy – along with the caption, 'Newton is coming! Newton is coming!' 1997 Palm launches the Palm Pilot, the first affordable PDA. At first, the PalmPilot outsold Apple Newton more than 2.5 times. It also came with a 202-page handbook. 2003 BlackBerry launches the first mobile 'smartphone' and makes email on the move a standard feature. Prior to this they had been used by professionals needing constant access to emails. With the 5810, Blackberry built a phone into its email device. 2007 Apple launches the iPhone – the first to combine phone, music and internet in a touchscreen format. Steve Jobs said of it: 'We are all born with the ultimate pointing device – our fingers – and iPhone uses them to create the most revolutionary user interface since the mouse.' ■ Asus launches the EeePC – the first 'netbook'. The three Es stand for easy to learn, easy to work, easy to play. 2010 Apple launches its tablet computer the iPad. Three million are sold in the first 80 days. Rupert Murdoch creates an iPad only 'newspaper' the //Daily//. 2012 The Raspberry Pi, a powerful credit card-sized computer that sells for $25, is invented by three Cambridge University computer scientists dismayed at the standards of coding skills of school-leavers.