James White Many thanks to Mr. Denis Roegel, Professor at Loria, France, for his seminal work on White’s […] ...

Looking back to 1999 brings us to the story of Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker, who didn’t know exactly how at the time, but they would change the music industry forever. The release of their app, ...

Private Military Companies (PMCs) are the modern day version of mercenaries, or soldiers for hire. Since the dawn of civilization, professional warriors have emerged in every race, culture, and ...

WWII hindered the progress of computer inventors like Atanasoff and Zuse but had the opposite effect on the first British steps toward the creation of electronic computers. During the war, the ...

Jacques de Vaucanson is a French engineer. He created the world’s first robots, the first automated loom, and the first all-metal lathe.

George Boole was a self-taught mathematician, philosopher, logician and mathematics professor at Queen’s College, Cork in Ireland.

Mathematician Charles Babbage invented calculating devices including an adding machine, the difference engine and the analytical engine.

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Everywhere we turn, we experience computing, the internet, and other amazing developments of the information age. During the last several decades progress has […] ...

Early Automata: An Exact Definition Automata are moving mechanical devices constructed to assume the look and functionality of humans or any animal figures. They are built to act as self-powered, ...