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'Antikythera' Built 2000 Years Ago May Be the World’s First Computer — But Scientists Still Can’t Fully Decode It

Despite advancements, there are some mysteries that humanity has still been unable to solve. One of them was found at the bottom of the Aegean Sea, stated Popular Mechanics. Despite being found in the ...

How the RESISTORS Put Computing into 1960s Counter-culture

In late April of 1968, a computer conference in Atlantic City, N.J., got off to a rocky start. A strike by telephone ...
Jalopnik

This Is How The World's First Blind Spot Monitor Worked On The 2003 Volvo XC90

That sickening feeling. You check your mirrors, signal, start to merge, and bam! Horns blare, and suddenly there's a car where you swore there was only sweet, empty asphalt. Blind spots, the bane of ...
The Courier-Journal

Retro Louisville: GE installs first computer for commercial use at Louisville Appliance Park

In 1954, GE Appliance Park in Louisville became the first private business in the U.S. to buy a UNIVAC I computer. The 30-ton computer, which was first used by the federal government, cost $1.2 ...
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The strange science and history of quantum computing and how it could transform chemistry

On May 7, 1981, influential physicist Richard Feynman gave a keynote speech at Caltech. Feynman opened his talk by politely rejecting the very notion of a keynote speech, instead saying that he had ...
IFLScience

For The First Time, A Quantum Computer Has Been Sent Into Space

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...