Tech History
Let There Be Light
On May 16th, 1960, a new kind of light existed that nobody had ever seen before. This…
1954 : Silicon Makes A Splash
On 10th May 1954, Gordon Kidd Teal created a sensation at an Institute of Radio Engineers conference when…
Computers, Margaret Thatcher & Ice Cream
On 6th May 1949, the Electronic Delay Storage Calculator (EDSAC) ran its first set of programs. This historic…
The Birth of The IC
Around this time 62 years ago (April 25th, 1961), Robert Noyce (co-founder of Fairchild Semiconductor) patented his…
A Trip to the Zoo and $1.6 Billion Later …
On April 23, 2005, at exactly 8:31:52 pm local time, the first ever YouTube video was uploaded….
Microsoft Is Founded
Bill Gates originally wanted to become a lawyer, like his father, when he was a young child….
The Eighth Wonder of Moore’s Law
Further to the news that Gordon Moore, co-founder of Intel, died last week, it’s a reminder that…
Intel Founder and Moore’s Law Creator Dies
Gordon Moore, the co-founder of Intel Corp, predictor of home computing, and the creator of ‘Moore’s Law’…
The Symbolics of Transistors
On 14th March 1950, the first prototype of the silicon transistor was demonstrated by researchers at Bell…