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Menlo Park, California

Google Garage

In 1998, Larry Page and Sergey Brin briefly ran their fledgling company from this Silicon Valley garage.
museums

Podcast: Grace Hopper’s Bug

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team August 15, 2022
Helmond, Netherlands

HomeComputerMuseum

An interactive museum dedicated to preserving and sharing the history of the home computer.
computers

When Americans Dreamed of Kitchen Computers

The ultimate appliance turned out to be expensive and impractical.
Alex Ketchum July 21, 2021
Santa Clara, California

Intel Museum

The headquarters of the semiconductor giant has a 10,000-square-foot museum.
San Jose, California

The Center of Santa Clara Valley

A mysterious monument covered in a binary code marks the heart of tech.
Cockeysville, Maryland

System Source Computer Museum

Its diverse collection of computers and technology spans the ages.
computers

Biologists in Panama Eavesdrop on Manatees for Their Own Good

In the murky waters of Bocas del Toro, you can't see the manatees, but you can hear them.
Sabrina Imbler October 9, 2019
lenin

Russia's Retro Lenin Museum Still Runs on Decades-Old Apple II Computers

The same machine that popularized "The Oregon Trail" was secretly imported just a few years before the USSR collapsed.
Yuri Litvinenko October 7, 2019
games

Researchers Are Using Artificial Intelligence to Reconstruct Ancient Games

And they aren’t playing around.
Isaac Schultz September 26, 2019
Roswell, Georgia

Computer Museum of America

A vast collection of rare, historical, and vintage supercomputers.
Endicott, New York

Endicott History and Heritage Center

A collection of artifacts from two worldwide industries that called Endicott, NY home.
objects of intrigue

Why a Computer History Museum Owns a Legendary Teapot

For computer-graphics researchers, it's both a tool and a meme.
Anne Ewbank June 19, 2019
Mountain View, California

The Real Birthplace of Silicon Valley-The Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory

The first high-tech company in the valley that actually worked with silicon devices.
television

Searching for Genesis StoryTime, a Lost Canadian Cable Channel

It used a technology known as videotex to distribute children’s books over television screens.
Andrew Egan May 24, 2018
objects of intrigue

Early Hackers Used Whistles From Cap’n Crunch Cereal Boxes

You can draw a line from the tiny toys to Apple Inc.
Anne Ewbank May 18, 2018
Meyrin, Switzerland

Birthplace of the Web

The World Wide Web was created in this nondescript corridor at CERN.
computers

The Quest for a Universal Translator for Old, Obsolete Computer Files

To preserve bygone software, files, and more, researchers are working to emulate decades-old technology in the cloud.
Jessica Leigh Hester March 8, 2018