1: Origins of Computing
We look at humans and their relationship with Technology since Stonehenge through the advent of early electronic and electromechanical computers.
Slides
Videos
- Origins of Data, Computing: Lines, Curves, and Numbers - Part 1 (11:10)
- Exploring Analog / Continuous Computing Devices - Part 2 (14:15)
- Exploring Physical Digital Devices - Part 3 (11:03)
- Exploring Hardware Iteration - Part 4 (10:58)
Discussions
- History / Introduction (Login Required)
Assessments
- Quiz: Origins of Computing (Login Required)
- Using a Slide Rule for Multiplication (Login Required)
References
- Film: Popular Mechanics - How Mechanical Computers Work
- Mark I Fire Control Computer - Electromechanical Analog Computer