Everywhere you turn, you see and hear about the next big computer, t.v., or phone. But during the last several decades, the computer has become undoubtedly the most important invention of humankind. You can find them in any piece of technology from your microwave to your calculator. Everything has a computer. Virtually all of the world's knowledge is only a few taps away, which is truly mind-blowing. Who made it possible, and how did their dream shape modern day life as we know it? Hello, I’m Josh Morris and today i will talk about the history of the computer. To have a good understanding on computers we are going to talk two main points, first the past of computers and second the modern day computer. When most of us think about a computer the first thought that comes to mind is probably a laptop or desktop. But the first computing device is considered the abacus. The abacus was invented by the sumerians between 2700 and 2300 b.c. and it was used to make simple calculations. That is of course based completely on your definition of a computer. Charles Babbage is considered the father of modern day computers due to the fact that in 1821 he invented a calculator that used a series of pipes with steam to make basic calculations. Thus the computer was born. A whole new era of math and science had been revealed. It wasn't until 1937, nearly 70 years after the death of babbage, when John Atanasoff and Clifford Berry invented the first digital computer. According to Georges Ifrah, in History of Computer Science, the computer took up 1,800 square feet and weighed approximately 30 tons. The computer used 150,000 watts of power. That’s enough to power an american home for a week. According to Beverly Steitz when the first computer was on, the lights of Philadelphia dimmed. Then in 1951 the first commercial computer was sold to the Federal Census Bureau. The first computer revolutionized the workplace, productivity skyrocketed. What took