A team of volunteers has completed a three-year restoration of the world's oldest working digital computer, the Harwell Dekatron, also known as 'WITCH'. The 2.5-tonne machine, which first entered ...

Back in 1968, a book titled “How to Build a Working Digital Computer” claimed that the sufficiently dedicated reader could assemble their own functioning computer at home using easily obtainable ...

Microsoft Research has developed an analog optical computer (AOC) that uses light to solve complex problems. According to the team responsible for the project, which is based at the company's ...

Scientists are building computers made from living brain cells (also called “biocomputers”). These systems use real neurons ...

“Coded: Art Enters the Computer Age,” an exhibition gathering 100 works that illustrate how artistic practices shifted with the emergence of computer technology beginning in the 1950s, opens at the ...

Scientists have been working toward developing a novel mathematical approach that will help advance computation beyond the digital framework. Your computer performs most tasks well. For word ...

When old tech dies, it usually stays dead. No one expects rotary phones or adding machines to come crawling back from oblivion. Floppy diskettes, VHS tapes, cathode-ray tubes—they shall rest in peace.

Let me share my simple tips and hacks for keeping your digital life organized! In the spirit of spring cleaning, we'll ...