The first electronic computer was built during the 1940s by John Vincent Atanasoff, a professor of physics and mathematics at Iowa State University, and one of his students, Clifford E. Berry. But the ...

At a small local chapter meeting of a professional society, Gordon Moore's talk laid out the rudiments of what would become ...

The Apple I computer, in a prototype metal case, that founder Steve Jobs used as a demo model and which was taken from a shelf in his office in 1985. (Living Computers Photo) The Living Computers: ...

The 1940’s was quite a decade, the topics spanning the Second World War, science discoveries such as the game theory, technology innovations like the radar and the microwave, and the most influential ...

Among the many facets of modern technology, few have evolved faster or more radically than the computer. In less than a century its very nature has changed significantly: today’s smartphones easily ...

In 2022, this series was expanded into a book, edited by Torie Bosch. Read “You Are Not Expected to Understand This”: How 26 Lines of Code Changed the World here. Back in 2009, Facebook launched a ...