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Since he was a kid, Scott had thought about building a COSMAC “ELF” microcomputer himself. Now, armed with powerful, free PCB tools, he set out to build the system using available electronics and applying his 35 years of engineering savvy.

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

Share: Bill Gates is well-known as the co-founder of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT). The entrepreneur is also a huge philanthropist creating the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in 2000 to help spread technology and medical advancements around the world and reduce poverty. Here are five things you might not know about Bill Gates. 1. First Company At Age 15: While at Lakeside School, Gates became good friends with Paul Allen, his future Microsoft co-founder. The two spent much of their f...

The Clubhouse app is re-introducing the thrill of a roomful of voices. But a grassroots version of the same phenomenon shook the phone companies nearly half a century ago. A recent article on Medium’s technology blog OneZero remembers how underground communities sprung up on the phone lines that crisscrossed the planet, meeting in secret communal gathering places that they’d discovered on phone networks. They’d “carved out communities, shared knowledge, and indulged in a larger spirit o...

Japan watchers say in this case, it is an impact that will be felt for some time to come. >> this is going to be a meas e measurable impact. some industries and some companies will not survive. >> reporter: he believes high-tech nameless parts that go into vehicles and popular electronics wont be impacted due to radiation fears. but given a choice between a brand dubbed "made in japan" versus another country, consumers will not choose japan. >> i think the consumer sentiment and going forward th...