December 1981

This video documents the final day of operation for the last-known functioning Philco 2000 Model 212 computer at Ford Aerospace & Communications Corporation’s Dearborn, Michigan, headquarters. The Philco 212 was one of the earliest commercial…

Aaron Klug, a British scientist who won a Nobel Prize for developing techniques that used electronic probes and crystallographic techniques to discern the architecture and atomic structure of some of the molecules essential for life, including the chromosome…

Close to three quarters of all the adults on earth now have a smartphone, and most of the rest will get one in the next few years. However, the use of this connectivity is still only just beginning. Ecommerce is still only a small fraction of retail spending…

HONG KONG (AP) -- A Chinese researcher claims that he helped make the world's first genetically edited babies -- twin girls whose DNA he said he alter

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There’s probably no reason anyone would actually desire a mod like this. Well, no good reason. But [William Osman] had been pondering what it would be like to play some classic games with inp…

How do you run a program all by itself without an operating system running?
Can you create assembly programs that the computer can load and run at startup, e.g. boot the computer from a flash drive...

In some ways, the Navy's latest computers fall short of the power of 1930s tech.

Simplicity, small size, portability, and embeddability set Lua apart from other scripting languages.

General-purpose computers have become ubiquitous and important for everyday life, but they are difficult for people with paralysis to use. Specialized software and personalized input devices can improve access, but often provide only limited functionality.…

A lot can be done with simple motors and linear motion when they are mated to the right mechanical design and control systems. Teaching these principles is the goal behind the LCMT (Low Cost Mechat…

My parents wanted to automate the door to their chicken coop. I saved them money by building a cheap automatic door opener from scratch.

PLAIN TEXT passwords showed up on file-hosting site

'Had a Uighur host just greeted a neighbour in Arabic with the words ‘Assalamu Alaykum’? That would need to go in the notebook," says Dr Darren Byler