Can you give me a history on the invention of the microchip?
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Here, read all about it.\nhttp://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa080498.htm\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_circuit#History.2C_origins_and_generations
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Please follow the links\nhttp://www.BIO-MEMS.ORG \nhttp://www.BIOINFORMATICS.CC \nhttp://www.BIOTECH-RESEARCH.INFO \nhttp://www.BIOTECH-RESEARCH.NET \nhttp://www.BIOTECHRESEARCH.BIZ
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It depends on what the microchip does, if its used in treating any illness or assists with any disabilities, eg: a implantable microprocessor that would aid the deaf in hearing, I am all for it. If its for vanity or biological enhancment or human tracking, no way. We are not canned products to be barcoded and categorised.
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Hello,\n\nPlease see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_computing for a great article with many links to learning about the history of computing on my favorite site Wikipedia.org. \n\nIf you feel that I've answered your question please close your question so I can receive points for my answer. \n\nThanks,\n\nV
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these are actual excerpts from an article i found on yahoo search\n\nEDMONTON -- Imagine a world where you're taken unconscious and with no identification to a hospital. The doctor scans the microchip implanted in your shoulder, downloads your medical identification number and links up with a secure network that says you're a diabetic and allergic to Tylenol.\n\n"This is all happening relatively quickly," said Ian Kerr, an expert in ethics, law and technology who spoke Friday at the Access and Privacy Conference in Edmonton. "I don't think we're that far off."\n \nBut already, people have been able to clone the chips. While that doesn't give them complete medical information, issues of privacy and security must be raised, Kerr said.
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I met one.  He was a salesmen who sold those chips.  He had one put in his arm so he could demonstrate their use.\n\nThere really isn't any reason to experiment on people for this.  The chips are the size of a large grain of rice, which is much smaller than many implanted medical devices.  They have a biologically inert covering.  Medically, they are about as harmless as anything that can be implanted.  The privacy issues are a different matter.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transistor\n\nIt's a big subject, at that is just a start.
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Some inventions happen almost instantly, others require years of research. Believe it or not, the transistor and radar were stumbled upon while investigaing something totally unrelated.
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There's a lot of information at:\nhttp://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blcandy.htm\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candy
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http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa080499.htm click d link to find what u r looking for.
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I'm sure this site will help you with your questions:\nhttp://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bl911.htm
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Take a look here :\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_history\n\nThat article also has links to other relevant articles.
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Charles Babbage is credited as the inventor of the first computer due to the invention of his difference engine machine in 1840.
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Indoor plumbing, the transistor (without which there would be no digital electronics), plastics.  I would agree with the "wheel" answer, except that it came around long before the engineering profession and was probably invented by some caveman.  You could also include scientific principles that have been discovered and subsequently led to great engineering feats.  For instance, Maxwell's Laws of Electromagnetism (the principle on which all wireless devices work), Bernoulli's Principle (the basis for airplane wing design) and so on.
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This site has a timeline of everyday inventions; it covers more than the fifty years you want, but it is fairly short and there seems to be some other useful information on the site.\n\nhttp://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0768871.html
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http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa020600h.htm
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1) The Telephone \nThe telephone is an instrument that converts voice and sound signals into electrical impulses for transmission by wire to a different location, where another telephone receives the electrical impulses and turns them back into recognizable sounds. In 1875, Alexander Graham Bell built the first telephone that transmitted electrically the human voice.\n2) The History of Computers\nThere are many major milestones in the history of computers, starting with 1936, when Konrad Zuse built the first freely programmable computer.\n3) Television \nIn 1884, Paul Nipkow sent images over wires using a rotating metal disk technology with 18 lines of resolution. Television then evolved along two paths, mechanical based on Nipkow's rotating disks, and electronic based on the cathode ray tube. American Charles Jenkins and Scotsman John Baird followed the mechanical model while Philo Farnsworth, working independently in San Francisco, and Russian émigré Vladimir Zworkin, working for Westinghouse and later RCA, advanced the electronic model.\n4) The Automobile\nIn 1769, the very first self-propelled road vehicle was invented by French mechanic, Nicolas Joseph Cugnot. However, it was a steam-powered model. In 1885, Karl Benz designed and built the world's first practical automobile to be powered by an internal-combustion engine. In 1885, Gottlieb Daimler took the internal combustion engine a step further and patented what is generally recognized as the prototype of the modern gas engine and later built the world's first four-wheeled motor vehicle.\n5) The Cotton Gin \nEli Whitney patented the cotton gin on March 14, 1794. The cotton gin is a machine that separates seeds, hulls and other unwanted materials from cotton after it has been picked.\n6) The Camera\nIn 1814, Joseph Nicéphore Niépce created the first photographic image with a camera obscura, however, the image required eight hours of light exposure and later faded. Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre is considered the inventor of the first practical process of photography in 1837.\n7) The Steam Engine\nThomas Savery was an English military engineer and inventor who in 1698, patented the first crude steam engine. Thomas Newcomen invented the atmospheric steam engine in 1712. James Watt improved Newcomen's design and invented what is considered the first modern steam engine in 1765.\n8) The Sewing Machine\nThe first functional sewing machine was invented by the French tailor, Barthelemy Thimonnier, in 1830. In 1834, Walter Hunt built America's first (somewhat) successful sewing machine. Elias Howe patented the first lockstitch sewing machine in 1846. Isaac Singer invented the up-and-down motion mechanism. In 1857, James Gibbs patented the first chain-stitch single-thread sewing machine. Helen Augusta Blanchard patented the first zig-zag stitch machine in 1873.\n9) The Light Bulb\nContrary to popular belief, Thomas Alva Edison didn't "invent" the light bulb, but rather he improved upon a 50-year-old idea. In 1809, Humphry Davy, an English chemist, invented the first electric light. In 1878, Sir Joseph Wilson Swan, an English physicist, was the first person to invent a practical and longer-lasting electic lightbulb (13.5 hours) with a carbon fiber filament. In 1879, Thomas Alva Edison invented a carbon filament that burned for forty hours.\n10) Penicillin \nPenicillin was discovered by Alexander Fleming in 1928. Andrew Moyer patented the first method of industrial production of penicillin in 1948.