When it comes to innovation in the computer science field, Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania play a huge role. Technology continues to advance rapidly. Take, for example, the CBS ...
The ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer), a machine that profoundly reshaped computing, marked its 80 th ...
On Oct. 3, 1950, three scientists at Bell Labs in New Jersey received a U.S. patent for what would become one of the most important inventions of the 20th century — the transistor. John Bardeen, ...
"The Man Who Invented the Computer: The Biography of John Atanasoff, Digital Pioneer" by Jane Smiley, Doubleday, 204 pages, $25.95 ...
It's crazy to think that we could be just one invention away from having a drastically different future. And yet, that's exactly why we have our current reality. For centuries, people have been ...