There Are No Digital Humanities
Many think that the opposite of digital is analog or mechanical.
Herbert Bruderer
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Mystery Dating of the World-famous ‘Millionaire’ Calculating Machine Solved
Regarding the discovery of new documents about the H.W. Egli AG (Zurich) company in the Museum für Kommunikation, Berne, Switzerland.
Did Albert Einstein Calculate on the ‘Millionaire’ in Zurich?
In 1897, ETH Zurich was the first university in the world to have a copy of the legendary four-species calculating machine Millionaire.
Algorithms Have Been Around for 4,000 Years
For some years now, the terms "algorithms", "digitization" and "artificial intelligence" have become commonplace. However, these terms are rarely explained. One has the impression these achievements are new, which is by no means true. This also applies, for example, to neural networks, machine learning, and big data. The boom is not least due to the sharp increase in computing power of desktop and portable computers.
The Birthplace of Artificial Intelligence?
Was the 1951 Paris conference "Les machines à calculer et la pensée humaine" the birthplace of Artificial Intelligence?
The Binary System Was Created Long Before Leibniz
There are reports of much older number systems using only two symbols that have been developed mainly in Asia.
Finding the World’s Smallest Mechanical Parallel Calculator
Discovery of a 12-fold Curta in Britain.
Computing History Beyond the U.K. and U.S.: Selected Landmarks from Continental Europe
It is past time to acknowledge 400 years of European computational innovation from non-English-speaking scientists and engineers.
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