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2,000 Years Before Modern Technology, the Greeks Had Built the World’s First Computer (So Advanced That It Still Baffles Scientists)
Over 120 years ago, sponge divers off the coast of the Greek island Antikythera unearthed one of the most enigmatic ...
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Ancient computer's gears may not have been able to turn
The 2000-year-old Antikythera mechanism may have been a kind of astronomical calculator, but researchers are unsure whether it would have worked without jamming ...
Smithsonian Magazine5mon
The Brief History of the ENIAC Computer
Subsequent years were not kind to the inventors. Mauchly and Eckert began the first commercial computer corporation, building an Eniac successor. But their firm struggled and the pair sold the ...
Smithsonian Magazine8mon
Decoding the Antikythera Mechanism, the First Computer
One investigator dubbed it “an ancient Greek computer.” But the X-ray images ... Posidonius made a similar model of the heavens in the first century B.C. The tradition of making such ...
An Ars Technica history of the Internet, part 1
A single IMP connected to one computer wasn’t much of a network. So it was very exciting in September 1969 when IMP-1 was ...
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Rare Apple-1 Computer Sells for $375,000
A rare, operational Apple-1 Computer was recently put up for auction, and it ended up selling for $375,000. The Apple-1 was the first computer sold by Apple co-founders Steve Jobs and Steve ...
University of Manchester8mon
Birth of first modern computer celebrated in Manchester
The birth of the first modern computer is being celebrated on Friday 20 June 2008 at The University of Manchester and MOSI (Museum of Science & Industry). Digital 60 Day marks the 60th anniversary of ...