October 7, 2013 Jeffery Stein

In November 1943, an electrical engineer working in the telecommunications department of Britain's General Post Office named Tommy Flowers designed and built the world’s first programmable computer. Named "Colossus," the thermionic tube-based programmable computer successfully broke the supposedly unbreakable Lorenz cipher used by Hitler and the German High Command during the Second World War. Afterward, Flowers had a long, successful career which included the development of the first all-electronic telephone exchange.

October 5, 2013 Alan Weissberger

This was a hugely successful panel session on Intel's transitions, twists and turns into the world's most successful semiconductor company of all time.  Many attendees complimented our 2 panelists and myself for a great learning experience and intellectually stimulating session.  The great stories told by Ted and Dave is what tech history should be all about, IMHO!
 
It was certainly a team effort, as evidenced by our planning session last week, Gwen Caldwell's superb job of making the ro

August 8, 2013 Allan Olley

Almost two weeks ago I was at the 24th International Congress for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine (iCHSTM) in Manchester, England. At more than 1700 registered participants it may have been the largest gathering devoted to the history of science, technology and medicine ever.

May 23, 2013 Jeffery Stein

Have you been longing for a working Apple 1 computer? Or maybe a reproduction of a Pascaline?

May 11, 2013 Alan Weissberger

Introduction

The World IP Day program was to promote and celebrate the many benefits of intellectual property in San Jose and the SF Bay Area. San Jose and Silicon Valley lead the nation in patent generation and the city co-hosted this West Coast event to celebrate the contributions of innovators and creators worldwide.

April 9, 2013 Nathan Zeldes

Somehow my career has repeatedly led me into doing unexpected and wonderful things.

One such piece of serendipity has been the role I landed at the Jerusalem Science Museum as the curator of an exhibition in honor of Alan Turing. This project took a year and a half, and gave me the occasion to work with some amazing people at the museum, interact with many more from around the world, and learn so much about that tragic genius, Alan Turing, of which I wrote here before.

April 8, 2013 Nathan Zeldes

Being the curator of the Alan Turing Year exhibition at the Jerusalem Science Museum, I was invited to sit on a panel dedicated to Turing’s legacy at the ICON Science Fiction, Imagination and The Future festival in Tel Aviv. My talk there was well received, and touches on some interesting truths, so I decided to share its content here. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have!

March 13, 2013 Alan Weissberger

Introduction:

In this informative March 11, 2013 lecture at the Computer History Museum (CHM), Grady Booch asked and tried to answer this question:  "What does it take to make "sentient" devices (that can feel, sense,  think and reason) out of silicon and software?"

February 18, 2013 Alan Weissberger

Introduction

The February 10, 2013 Stony Brook (SBU) Northern CA Alumni Association meeting featured a very informative and enlightening talk by Ike Nassi, PhD (1974 Computer Science) about what he learned at SBU, the friends he made there, and use of his social network to further his career.

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