75 years ago, a room-sized machine changed the world: The story of UNIVAC I

This year marks 75 years since one of the most important machines in computing history was switched on for the very first ...
MIT Technology Review

This scientist is trying to create an accessible, unhackable voting machine

Some experts believe that the pursuit is misguided, because no computer could ever be unhackable. Juan Gilbert was undeterred. This article was originally published on Undark. Read the original ...
University of Manchester

Look Back: The Past, Present and Future of the Computer in Electronic Music

On 25 March, Creative Manchester hosted a research café exploring Manchester’s role in the development of electronic music, from the earliest computers through to present advances in human-machine ...
insider.si.edu

ENIAC Accumulator #2

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. ENIAC was built by a team of ...
Hackaday

1950s Vacuum Tube Computer Replica Communicates Through USB

When we talk about a “computer” today, we generally picture an electronic machine that can perform various kinds of mathematical operations, manage its program flow, move data from one place to ...
insider.si.edu

ENIAC Accumulator #2

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. ENIAC was built by a team of ...