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How a 19th-century British countess became a computer-science pioneer.

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Ada Lovelace, English mathematician, an associate of Charles Babbage, for whose digital computer prototype, the Analytical Engine, she created a program in 1843. She has been called the first computer programmer. Ada Lovelace Day, the second Tuesday in October, honors women’s contributions to science and technology.

Meet Polly Verity: paper sculptor. Printing playable, paper-based pianos. An exhibition of artistic toilet paper holders. New technology can detect and warn of bacterial contamination from inside a milk container. Introducing the Journal of Universal Rejection. Graphene-based batteries headed for the EV market. Attempting to use an artificial arm to fake vaccination. William Bullock, the ill-fated inventor of the web rotary press. The FBI suspected the inventor of the Tickle Me Elmo doll of bein...

During the height of the Industrial Revolution in England, Charles Babbage was tasked by the British government with creating a machine that could process the government's financial accounts from across its empire. Babbage nearly succeeded in building something even greater: a computer.

The history of computers began with primitive designs in the early 19th century and went on to change the world during the 20th century.

The flamboyant aristocrat was exceptionally gifted but others had more impact on modern IT

Augusta Ada Byron, Countess of Lovelace, was a Victorian-era mathematician and musician who is generally accepted as the first computer programmer. Ada ...

Milestones in evolution and history

Really early computational devices The earliest computational devices were actually memory aids in the form of wet clay tablets or even pebbles organize...