A Greek shipwreck holds the remains of an intricate bronze machine that turns out to be the world's first computer. (This program is no longer available for streaming.) In 1900, a storm blew a ...

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 ...

A general-purpose computer can perform any data processing operation that the instructions in a program tell it to do. However, there are countless appliances, gadgets, toys and devices with ...

The first digital and programmable robot was called Unimate and was sold for a $35,000 loss to General Motors the same year its patent was approved. The Unimate was filed for patenting by George ...