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Horton, IBM 360, and Walden, in a publicity shot.
politics

The Computer That Ran for School President

In 1975, the Pro-Apathy Party had an IBM 360 at the top of its ticket.
Sarah Laskow July 18, 2017
A cold nose hits a touchscreen at the Wolf Science Center.
animals

All the Animals That Love Touchscreens

From wolves to penguins to tortoises, creatures of all stripes are discovering the joys of computing. Could it improve their lives?
Cara Giaimo June 23, 2017
20-mule team from viewing platform
Boron, California

Borax Visitor Center

Everything you always wanted to know about borates is here.
I'll call you "Spockers."
animals

Artificial Intelligence Gave Some Adoptable Guinea Pigs Very Good Names

AI is good.
Eric Grundhauser June 21, 2017
Table radio display
Windsor, Connecticut

Vintage Radio and Communications Museum

More than a century of radio history is told in these displays.
Heart eyes.
Amersfoort, Netherlands

Plein Rond de Eik

The gargoyles and grotesques of the 21st century are here—22 emoji built into a new building in the Netherlands.
The future of AI sound is here.
science

Listen to Artificially Created Sounds No One Has Ever Heard Before

AI-made mash-ups offer all-new noises.
Eric Grundhauser May 22, 2017
An artist's impression Chariklo and its rings.
computers

The Largest Centaur in the Solar System Has Rings

That's the minor planet, not the mythical creature.
Kelsey Kennedy April 28, 2017
The spot in the ceiling where the computers were found.
prisons

Homemade Computers Found Hidden in a Prison Ceiling

Some inmates went on an "illegal surfing spree."
Erik Shilling April 12, 2017
Tokyo, Japan

Akihabara Electric Town

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.
The first Pirate Bay server
Linköping, Sweden

The First Pirate Bay Server

From under the bed of one of the co-founders, this server helped launch the notorious file-sharing website.
The Apple garage.
Los Altos, California

The Apple Garage

The garage at the childhood home of Steve Jobs was a hangout for the founders of Apple, even if they never built computers there.
The diamond time crystal.
computers

Found: Time Crystals, a New Phase of Matter

Pretty pretty cool.
Sarah Laskow March 9, 2017
One of the memos found.
computers

Found: Internal Apple Computer Memos From 1979, Left at a Seattle Goodwill

A local discovered them by chance.
Sarah Laskow February 24, 2017
animals

Help This Computer Program Draw the World's Freakiest Felines

This is what happens when you tell an AI bot that everything is cats.
Cara Giaimo February 22, 2017
The Voder at the 1939 New York World's Fair
computers

The Voder, the First Machine to Create Human Speech

It spoke like a creepy demon.
Eric Grundhauser January 16, 2017
Washington, D.C.

Grace Hopper's Bug

A computer bug so primitive it was an actual insect.
Should the green area count as its own region?
maps

Here Are the Real Boundaries of American Metropolises, Decided by an Algorithm

How is the U.S. actually split geographically?
Sarah Laskow November 30, 2016