John von Neumann: The Mind That Built Computers and the Bomb
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!John von Neumann's colleagues included Nobel laureates and the founders of quantum physics, and ...
8 Okt 21min
Ray Tomlinson: The Secret Side Project That Invented Email and the @
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Ray Tomlinson created networked email, gave the @ symbol its modern meaning, and then declined t...
8 Okt 21min
Shakey the Robot: The Wobbly 1960s Machine That Taught AI to Plan
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Life magazine called it the first electronic person in 1970. Shakey was a top-heavy stack of box...
8 Okt 18min
Honda ASIMO: The Four Foot Robot That Ran, Fell, and Changed Robotics
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 2008 a guest conductor four feet three inches tall, dressed like a small astronaut, led the D...
8 Okt 23min
Ask Jeeves: The Butler Who Taught the Internet to Ask Questions
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In November 1999, stickers on grocery store bananas asked how many calories were in the fruit an...
8 Okt 17min
Adobe Flash: How a Failed Pen Tool Built the Web and Got Killed
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Adobe Flash began in 1993 as SmartSketch, a drawing program FutureWave built for pen computers r...
8 Okt 21min
Albert Gonzalez: The Secret Service Informant Who Stole 170 Million Cards
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Albert Gonzalez looked like an ordinary IT guy from Miami. He bought his first computer at 12, r...
8 Okt 24min
The Homebrew Computer Club: The Garage Meeting That Sparked the PC
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!On March 5, 1975, a group of electronics hobbyists gathered in Gordon French's garage in Menlo P...
8 Okt 20min
