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 Analytical Engine was is a remarkable feat of engineering and machining. It was the first programmable computer. Shame, then, that it was never built in the 1800s. [Chris] isn’t building a ...

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 ...