The machine was unveiled in 1959 as an analog computer. Instead of accepting programs via a terminal, or punch cards, it worked more like a breadboard. The top of the case features a grid of ...

Lord Kelvin’s name comes up anytime you start looking at the history of science and technology. In addition to working on transatlantic cables and thermodynamics, he also built an early ...

Discover the Antikythera Mechanism, an ancient Greek marvel that challenges our understanding of historical technology and ...

Some 30 years ago, two students from Bell High School fell for each other while bonding over technology and their shared ...

The Russian scientist Vladimir Lukyanov built an analog computer in the 1930s that was called the "Water Integrator" or the "Lukyanov's integrator." This computer was built to solve partial ...

Thus, the neuron can be thought of as an analog computer associated with a digital communication system. Unlike neurons, ...

The Bell Technology Center is going old school, teaching kids how to build their own amateur radios, with an eye on the ...

Researchers at Wuhan University have developed new, more effective memristors using special metallic materials.

The Semiconductor - Analog and Mixed industry is part of the Computer and Technology sector. This industry, currently bearing a Zacks Industry Rank of 191, finds itself in the bottom 25% echelons ...

The technology behind this invention His was one of the first analog computers built in the Soviet Union. It worked by careful handling of water through a room full of interconnected pipes and pumps.

A thermometer is a simple analog computer. As the temperature varies, the mercury moves correspondingly. A slide rule is another example. Although special-purpose, complex analog computers are ...