https://padlet.com/27feolaa/3zbx5v3hyuf02n7n Made with a quick smile en-us 2021-09-28 13:40:32 UTC 2021-09-29 12:56:38 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f606.png 27feolaa https://padlet.com/27feolaa/3zbx5v3hyuf02n7n/wish/1774657423 The Z3, an early computer built by German engineer Konrad Zuse working in complete isolation from developments elsewhere, uses 2,300 relays, performs floating point binary arithmetic, and has a 22-bit word length. ]]> 2021-09-28 13:43:56 UTC https://padlet.com/27feolaa/3zbx5v3hyuf02n7n/wish/1774657423 27feolaa https://padlet.com/27feolaa/3zbx5v3hyuf02n7n/wish/1774662776 The title of “first commercially available general-purpose computer” probably goes to Britain’s Ferranti Mark I for its sale of its first Mark I computer to Manchester University.]]> 2021-09-28 13:45:16 UTC https://padlet.com/27feolaa/3zbx5v3hyuf02n7n/wish/1774662776 27feolaa https://padlet.com/27feolaa/3zbx5v3hyuf02n7n/wish/1774667268 One of the earliest personal computers, the Kenbak-1 is advertised for $750 in Scientific American magazine.]]> 2021-09-28 13:46:28 UTC https://padlet.com/27feolaa/3zbx5v3hyuf02n7n/wish/1774667268 27feolaa https://padlet.com/27feolaa/3zbx5v3hyuf02n7n/wish/1774826982 Based on Charles Babbage's second design for a mechanical calculating engine, a team at the Science Museum in London sets out to prove that the design would have worked as planned.]]> 2021-09-28 14:26:32 UTC https://padlet.com/27feolaa/3zbx5v3hyuf02n7n/wish/1774826982 27feolaa https://padlet.com/27feolaa/3zbx5v3hyuf02n7n/wish/1774830553 Building a computer into the watch form factor has been attempted many times but the release of the Apple Watch leads to a new level of excitement. ]]> 2021-09-28 14:27:26 UTC https://padlet.com/27feolaa/3zbx5v3hyuf02n7n/wish/1774830553 27feolaa https://padlet.com/27feolaa/3zbx5v3hyuf02n7n/wish/1777873060 2021-09-29 12:48:40 UTC https://padlet.com/27feolaa/3zbx5v3hyuf02n7n/wish/1777873060