Journey through time and witness the remarkable advancements that have shaped the computing world we know today. From the earliest mechanical devices to the most advanced quantum computers of the ...

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 ...

As we glide our fingers over the screens of our smartphones and tablets, or chatter to our computer instead of typing at it, it is easy to forget how far input devices have evolved since the first ...

Part I. Introduction. History of computations, computing devices, and mathematics education from the teaching and learning perspective : looking for new paths of investigation / Viktor Freiman and ...

The history of computers is composed of an ever-growing number of consumer electronics devices, from game consoles to smartphones to music players, and the Computer History Museum's expansive catalog ...

How do you tell if a new technology product is a brilliant breakthrough? Listening to its creators doesn’t work: Tech companies have an annoying tendency to promote everything as a brilliant ...

Empire of the Sum: The Rise and Reign of the Pocket Calculator. By Keith Houston. W.W. Norton & Company; 384 pages; $32.50. To be published in Britain in October; £25 WHEN WAS the last time you used a ...

Announcements about quantum computers are multiplying, yet this technology is still in its infancy, comparable to the era when transistors were replacing vacuum tubes. Researchers from several ...

Neuromorphic computing aims to replicate the functional architecture of the human brain by integrating electronic components that mimic synaptic and neuronal behaviours. Central to this endeavour are ...