Collaborate Disseminate
Long before electricity was a common household utility, humanity had been building machines to do many tasks that we’d now just strap a motor or set of batteries onto and …read more Continue reading 8 Bit Mechanical Computer Built from Knex
There are all manner of musical myths, covering tones and melodies that have effects ranging from the profound to the supernatural. The Pied Piper, for example, or the infamous “brown …read more Continue reading One Laptop Manufacturer Had To Stop Janet Jackson Crashing Laptops
Although we might all fundamentally recognize that gaming consoles are just specialized computers, we generally treat them, culturally and physically, differently than we do desktops or laptops. But there was …read more Continue reading Behind the Bally Home Computer System
[David] sent us a tip about a company in Belgium, Citronics, that is looking to turn old cellphones into single-board computers for embedded Linux applications. We think it’s a great …read more Continue reading Turning Old Cellphones into SBCs
A few weeks ago we brought you news of a new palmtop computer for hackers, powered by the new Espressif ESP32-P4 application processor. The Tanmatsu (Japanese for “Terminal”) is a …read more Continue reading A Closer Look At The Tanmatsu
One of two Apple Macintosh prototypes extant and already the most valuable Apple Macintosh to have ever sold at auction, #M0001 is heading for auction at Bonhams’ History of Science & Technology Sale on 23 October 2024.Continue ReadingCategory: Collect… Continue reading Apple Macintosh prototype #M0001 set to smash its own auction record
A full DNA computer is a step closer, thanks to a new technology that could store petabytes of data in DNA for thousands or even millions of years. The system can also process data, as demonstrated by solving sudoku puzzles.Continue ReadingCategory: Te… Continue reading DNA “computer” solves sudoku and stores millions of GB for millennia
Imagine a ‘perfect storm’ on the auction block, where historical importance, rarity, massive demand, the provenance of several of history’s most important people and fortuitous timing all coincide to multiply the sale price to unprecedented levels.Cont… Continue reading Steve Jobs’ Apple-1 set to create a ‘perfect storm’ at auction
AI may not be the dire existential threat that many make it out to be. According to a new study, Large Language Models (LLMs) can only follow instructions, can’t develop new skills on their own and are inherently “controllable, predictable and safe,” w… Continue reading AI’s existential threat to humanity put under the microscope
AI may not be the dire existential threat that many make it out to be. According to a new study, Large Language Models (LLMs) can only follow instructions, can’t develop new skills on their own and are inherently “controllable, predictable and safe,” w… Continue reading AI’s existential threat to humanity put under the microscope