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Computers

Chronology of Calculator and Computer Technology
1617 Napier’s Bones
1622 Slide Rule
1623 Calculating Clock
1645 Pascaline
1930 Differential Analyser
1946 ENIAC
1948 Transistors
1950 Turing Test
1951 UNIVAC I
1971 Hand Held Calculator
1977 Apple II

The History of Computing Project

The History of Computing Science

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Balancing Scooter

Science

Science

Self-balancing scooters, like the SegwayTM are often thought to be technological miracles, but it is not actually very hard to build one.

Paris Model

Art

Art

A model of Paris built out of rubbish.

99 Bricks

Games

Games

With 99 Bricks at your disposal, how high will your tower be?

Dark Flow

Science

Science

Everything in the known universe is said to be racing toward the massive clumps of matter at more than 2 million miles (3.2 million kilometers) an hour-a movement the researchers have dubbed dark flow.

Out of Office

Computers

Computers

E-mail error ends up on road sign.

NextBus

Computers

Computers

NextBus uses Global Positioning System (GPS) tracking satellites to provide vehicle arrival information and real-time maps- not just bus schedules.

LHC Webcam

LHC Webcam

Camera 7: looking at the Underground Experimental Cavern from the Saleve side.

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Looking Back

Looking Back

Still cruising through the solar system, earlier this year the robotic spacecraft looked back to record a series of images of its home world 31 million miles (50 million kilometers) away.

Earth And Moon From Mars

Faster-Than-Light Information

Faster Than Light Information

Quantum weirdness even stranger than previously thought.

Quantum Ghost Imaging
Quantum Computers

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