The Future of Computing

Silicon electronics are a staple of the computing industry, but researchers are now exploring other techniques to deliver powerful computers. Full article @ BBC NEWS | Technology

Slides for Lectures 24 and 25 online

Lecture 24: Computing Models - More on Algorithms

Lecture 25: The Limits of Computation and the Group Project

Links for lectures 24 and 25

Artificial Intelligence Demos

Another Eliza implementation with description

Eliza paper by Joseph Weizenbaum

CodeBaby Demos

Alice Bot

Search the web with Ms Dewie---In Style!

Ms. Dewey does "Mary J Blige"

Hanoi Towers with 3 Disks

Hanoi Tower Applet

I308: Information Representation (Spring 2005)

Visio Web site

Dio (Cross-platform and Free)

AmiGO (Gene Ontology)

Links for Lectures 22 and 23

Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi

Pseudocode Guide

Insertion Sort Applet. More on Sorting. Another Applet. Comparing Sorting Algorithms.

Flow Chart Symbols

Iconic Programmer: FlowChart Applet

2020 computing: Champing at the bits

news @ nature.com: 2020 computing: Champing at the bits: "Despite some remaining hurdles, the mind-bending and frankly weird world of quantum computers is surprisingly close. Philip Ball finds out how these unusual machines will earn their keep..."

Slides for lecture 22 online

Lecture 22: Computing Models - Algorithms

Scientific computing timeline

Scientific computing timeline

Slides for Lecture 6 online

The History of Computers (Part II)

The Xerox Alto

BBC NEWS | Technology | Google 'planning total storage'

"Web giant Google is planning a massive online storage facility to encompass all users' files, it is reported:. Full Story: BBC NEWS | Technology | Google 'planning total storage'

Under the bonnet of Vista

BBC NEWS | Technology | Video: Under the bonnet of Vista

Links for Lecture 6

History of Computers
Turing Machine Simulator 1
Turing Machine Simulator 2
the Xerox Alto interface
Douglas Engelbart's Demo in 1968
The Apple Lisa Interface
MS Windows in time
The Apple Museum
History of Computers Resources
The Archive of the Internet

Emulators
Here are some emulators for the Sinclair/Timex Spectrum:
Online Java Emulator
Stand-alone emulator (the one I used in class)
Many other versions

Any one want to post more computer emulators?

Atlas of the Internet
Site with very nice representations of the Web network.

Wired 14.10: The Information Factories: "The desktop is dead. Welcome to the Internet cloud, where massive facilities across the globe will store all the data you'll ever use".

Google Docs&Spreedsheets
Google Calendar
Fauxto: Online Photo Editing

The cool animations are at Sheepfilms

The Information Factories

Computing, 2016: What Won’t Be Possible?

"Computer science is not only a comparatively young field, but also one that has had to prove it is really science. Skeptics in academia would often say that after Alan Turing described the concept of the ''universal machine'' in the late 1930's -- the idea that a computer in theory could be made to do the work of any kind of calculating machine, including the human brain -- all that remained to be done was mere engineering". Full story @ NY Times: Computing, 2016: What Won’t Be Possible?