This series presents selected technical marvels from the fields of computing technology, mathematics, astronomy, surveying, time measurement, looms and automatons…
Herbert Bruderer
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Slide rules: the longer the scale, the greater the accuracy of the instrument.
What Does Digitization Mean, and When Did It Begin?
Digitization is on everyone's lips. What does digitization mean and when did it begin?
A test should show whether Bard is more powerful than ChattGPT or AI-powered Microsoft Bing.
ChatGPT Invents a Lot of Nonsense
I asked ChatGPT who wrote the book "Meilensteine der Rechentechnik." The program returns many different answers, all wrong.
What Does AI-Powered Microsoft Bing Say?
The answers from the AI-powered Microsoft Bing are often useless.
400 Years of Mechanical Calculating Machines
Germany is celebrating the 400th birthday of Schickard's "calculating clock."
Shape the Future of Computing
ACM encourages its members to take a direct hand in shaping the future of the association. There are more ways than ever to get involved.
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