The abacus, a simple counting aid, may have been invented in Babylonia (now Iraq ... Babbage's next idea is the Analytical Engine - a mechanical computer that can solve any mathematical problem.

It was only when I became a technology writer some years later that I realized that my landlord had invented the computer. In the early 1940s John Presper “Pres” Eckert Jr. was a grad student ...

long before most of the technologies necessary to build it were even invented. That design was the Dynabook, and its author was computer scientist Alan Kay. Its intended audience was children.

Engelbart had also invented a new tracking device with the ... mentioned a film reel he had from a computer demonstration in 1968. I was riveted. After our program aired, Engelbart asked us ...

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He worked together with Ada Lovelace, who was the world's first computer programmer. Many years later, Alan Turing invented a new way for computer programmes to work. His ideas changed how all ...

The Neuralink chip looks to restore a fraction of his previous independence, by allowing him to control a computer with his mind.

He worked together with Ada Lovelace, who was the world's first computer programmer. Many years later, Alan Turing invented a new way for computer programmes to work. His ideas changed how all ...