Scientific computing timeline

Scientific computing timeline

Slides for Lecture 6 online

The History of Computers (Part II)

The Xerox Alto

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

LEGO Difference Engine

A completely cool implementation of Babbage's Difference Engine using LEGO!

Photos, description of adder and carry propagation logic, mechanical issues, etc. at: http://acarol.woz.org

Links for Lecture 5

Cyborgs

Blade Runner

Ubiquitous computing

Smart Shopping
Mark Weiser
Tokyo RFID Map. More details at InfoWorld.

Some resources about the Abacus

Demo and Explanation
Another Demo (The Chinese Abacus
The Abacus in VArious Number Systems

The Antikythera Mechanism

Interactive Relighting of the Antikythera Mechanism
Story @ BBC News
The Antikythera Mechanism Research Project

Bjork: All is full of Love by Chris Cunningham