Do you know how many different industries had to come together to make home automation a reality? Automation has a come a long way, and to create an infographic on all the technological contributions would take pages upon pages. Here's a brief overview of some of them.

1. Where Did Home
Automation Come From?
Early
Automation
1892
1785
Nikola Tesla designs the
first remote-controlled boat
and the remote control
is truly born.
1898
The first automatic
telephone switchboard.
The first automated
factory — a flour mill.
computers
1940
1930s
1950
The computer chip is
invented by Jack Kilby
and Robert Noyce.
1951
The World’s Fair models
fictional, automated
homes of the future to
excited spectators.
The first computer, the Complex
Number Calculator (CNC), is
invented by George Stibitz of AT & T.
1975
1964
The first commercially
available computer is created,
the UNIVAC I.
1978
The X10 project,
a household name in
home automation, is
conceived.
The mouse is invented.
1980
1984
X10 develops light
switches, thermostat
controllers and other
computer controlled
technologies
1984
MS-DOS is created by Bill
Gates and Paul Allen, the
basis of Windows.
1989
Apple introduces the
Macintosh Personal
Computer, later
named the Mac OS.
X10 develops the first
wireless security system.
Home automation
technology spreads to
garage doors, security
systems, entertainment
infrared control, fibre
optics, environmental
control and more.
Television
1927
1956
21-year-old Philo
Taylor Farnsworth
invents the first
television.
1964
The Uniscope 300 is one
of the first computer
monitor displays.
The first wireless
television remote
is invented.
internet
1962
1969
1970
ARPAnet goes live
between Harvard,
MIT and BBN.
ARPAnet, the first
network, is created
J.C.R Licklider
envisions the internet by DARPA and
Unix is created.
in writing, called the
1981
“Galactic Network”.
1971
The precursor to 802.11
wireless technology is
invented and takes off.
The first email is sent.
1982
Windows 1.0 is created.
1990
The code for the World Wide
Web is completed.
Infographic by Progressive Automations
www.progressiveautomations .com
Copyright @ 2014
Copyright @ 2014