Minnesota has been on the fore front of computing technology since the era of World War 2.
Minnesota was identified as a suitable location by the US navy and army in general for the
development of code breakers hence giving them an advantage of getting hidden messages. The
first form of computers was models of Germany and Japanese cipher machines and later
develops machines to decode the messages. Minnesota was strategically chosen since it had a
large group of skilled personnel with engineering background. This really attracted the
government project on code breakers. Most of the ex-world war 2 soldiers had the technical
knowhow on radar technology and code breaking. The first breakthrough was the invention of
memory block that would store data and processed information. Further invention was making
the computer portable. The computer was made easier to move from one place to another and
less fragile while moving. The challenge of change of hardware and software whenever a
corresponding cipher machine changes was also accommodated in the new machines with were
programmable. Couplers were very suitable for aircrafts radio monitoring. Minnesota is the
origin of many other inventions and brands like UNIVAC, IBM and Honeywell. All these
inventions were the basis of today’s computing technology.
Minnesota was identified as a suitable location by the US navy and army in general for the
development of code breakers hence giving them an advantage of getting hidden messages. The
first form of computers was models of Germany and Japanese cipher machines and later
develops machines to decode the messages. Minnesota was strategically chosen since it had a
large group of skilled personnel with engineering background. This really attracted the
government project on code breakers. Most of the ex-world war 2 soldiers had the technical
knowhow on radar technology and code breaking. The first breakthrough was the invention of
memory block that would store data and processed information. Further invention was making
the computer portable. The computer was made easier to move from one place to another and
less fragile while moving. The challenge of change of hardware and software whenever a
corresponding cipher machine changes was also accommodated in the new machines with were
programmable. Couplers were very suitable for aircrafts radio monitoring. Minnesota is the
origin of many other inventions and brands like UNIVAC, IBM and Honeywell. All these
inventions were the basis of today’s computing technology.
