In 1847, at the age of just twenty-seven, Ada Lovelace became the world’s first computer programmer—more than a century before the first computer was even built. This almost sounds like a myth, or the ...

One of the earliest and most influential examples of artificial intelligence was Christopher Strachey's draughts (checkers) program, developed between 1951 and 1952. Strachey, a schoolmaster and ...

In context: Harvard University officially introduced the Harvard Mark I computer on August 7, 1944. Also known as the Automated Sequence Controlled Calculator or ASCC, the computer was the brainchild ...

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Computers now dominate our everyday lives. Everyone reading this will be doing so on some form of computer, whether it is a desktop PC, laptop, tablet, or even smartphone. From the time of the first ...

This was the slogan hung outside a Harvard dorm room in 1965, marking the headquarters of the first computer matchmaking service in the US. Decades before Tinder and OK Cupid, there was Operation ...

In March 1975, The Eagles' Best of My Love, was the number one song, the top box office movie was The Godfather Part II, and All in the Family was the most popular TV show. However, I was most excited ...

Supercomputer poses as 13-year-old boy, becomes first ever to pass Turing Test. June 9, 2014— -- Like many 13-year-old boys, Eugene Goostman claims to be a know-it-all. The one thing that ...

The computer mouse was one of those ideas that changed the world. It was such an intuitive and easy way to instruct a computer, that widespread global adoption followed and the impact of the humble ...

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 ...