The back-and-forth motion of a swing is an example of a pendulum. We see pendulums in other areas of our lives as well, such as in grandfather (also known as longcase) clocks.ther factors, including a pendulum's length, can also affect its motion. Background. A pendulum is an object hung from a fixed point that swings back and forth under the action of gravity.
More than a century later, however, the worldâs first computer was actually built. 1890: Herman Hollerith designs a punch card system to calculate the 1880 census, accomplishing the task in just three years and saving the government $5 million.
The first computer mouse. The first computer mouse was invented in 1963 by Douglas Engelbart at the Stanford Research Institute. (He is also one of the inventors of hypertext.) The first mouse used two wheels positioned at a 90-degree angle to each other to keep track of the movement (see picture below).he IBM Personal Computer was introduced in 1981 as the IBM 5150. The platform became so pervasive in the 80s that although the term âpersonal computerâ had been in use since the early 70s, a PC became synonymous with an IBM PC-compatible computer.