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Geography and cartography in medieval Islam
Jabir ibn Aflah (Geber) (c. 1100-1150) invented the torquetum, an observational instrument and mechanical analog computer device used to transform between spherical coordinate systems.
Timeline of science and engineering in the Islamic world
Jabir ibn Aflah (Geber) invents the torquetum, an observational instrument and mechanical analog computer device used to transform between spherical coordinate systems.
Astronomy in medieval Islam
Jabir ibn Aflah (Geber) (c. 1100-1150) invented the torquetum, an observational instrument and mechanical analog computer device used to transform between spherical coordinate systems.
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Analog computer
The FERMIAC was an analog computer invented by physicist Enrico Fermi in 1947 to aid in his studies of neutron transport.
FERMIAC
The Monte Carlo trolley, or FERMIAC, was an analog computer invented by physicist Enrico Fermi to aid in his studies of neutron transport.
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John Mauchly, physicist who, along with J. Presper Eckert, invented the first general-purpose electronic computer
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Geography and cartography in medieval Islam
Jabir ibn Aflah (Geber) (c. 1100-1150) invented the torquetum, an observational instrument and mechanical analog computer device used to transform between spherical coordinate systems.
Timeline of science and engineering in the Islamic world
Jabir ibn Aflah (Geber) invents the torquetum, an observational instrument and mechanical analog computer device used to transform between spherical coordinate systems.
Astronomy in medieval Islam
Jabir ibn Aflah (Geber) (c. 1100-1150) invented the torquetum, an observational instrument and mechanical analog computer device used to transform between spherical coordinate systems.
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Analog computer
The FERMIAC was an analog computer invented by physicist Enrico Fermi in 1947 to aid in his studies of neutron transport.
FERMIAC
The Monte Carlo trolley, or FERMIAC, was an analog computer invented by physicist Enrico Fermi to aid in his studies of neutron transport.
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Astronomy in medieval Islam
In the 15th century, al-Kashi also invented a mechanical planetary computer which he called the Plate of Zones, which could graphically solve a number of planetary problems, including the prediction of the true positions in longitude of the Sun and Moon, and the planets in terms of elliptical orbits; the latitudes of the Sun, Moon, and planets; and the ecliptic of the Sun.
Jamshīd al-Kāshī
Al-Kashi also invented a mechanical planetary computer which he called the Plate of Zones, which could graphically solve a number of planetary problems, including the prediction of the true positions in longitude of the Sun and Moon, and the planets in terms of elliptical orbits; the latitudes of the Sun, Moon, and planets; and the ecliptic of the Sun.
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Chinese room
In this, we are asked to imagine that engineers have invented a tiny computer that simulates the action of an individual neuron.
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Watertown (city), New York
Eugene Mosher, a pioneer of human-computer interaction best known for inventing the graphic touchscreen point-of-sale computer
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Watertown (city), New York
Eugene Mosher, a pioneer of human-computer interaction best known for inventing the graphic touchscreen point-of-sale computer
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Marc Blank
After thinking about the problem during his undergraduate years, he started work on his own adventure game using MDL, a computer language invented at MIT.
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Robert J. Mical
Robert J. "RJ" Mical (born 26 January) created video games at Williams Electronics, helped invent the Amiga computer, co-invented the Atari Lynx and the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer with Dave Needle.
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Enrico Fermi
In 1947, Fermi invented the FERMIAC, an analog computer that used the Monte Carlo Method to study neutron transport through fissionable materials.
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James S. Albus
Based on his cerebellar model, Albus invented a new type of neural net computer, the Cerebellar Model Articulation Controller (CMAC).
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Eunicycle
A Eunicycle is a computer controlled, partially self-balancing, motorized unicycle invented by Trevor Blackwell.
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Clark R. Mollenhoff
In 1988 he wrote a biography of John Vincent Atanasoff, the Iowa State College professor who invented the first electronic digital computer in 1939.
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Omega point
In The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect, a novella by Roger Williams, a computer scientist invents a computer that is self-aware and can rewrite its own code.
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Charles W. "Chuck" Durham
Durham was a student under John Vincent Atanasoff, who along with his graduate assistant Clifford Berry, invented the world's first electronic digital computer .
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History of computer science
Alan Turing, known as the Father of Computer Science, invented such a logical computer known as the Turing Machine, which later evolved into the modern computer.
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Magnus Fiennes
A boyhood passion for synthesizers, electronic music and computer boffinery plus a desire to ‘invent’ gave him a preference for using the recording studio as a creative tool over touring and the murky world of band politics.
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George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron
In a Britain powered by the massive, steam-driven, mechanical computers invented by Charles Babbage, he is leader of the Industrial Radical Party, eventually becoming Prime Minister.
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1943
The Colossus computer is invented by the British to break German encryption (see History of computing hardware).
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Maurice Wilkes
He decided that his mandate was not to invent a better computer, but simply to make one available to the university.
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Astronomy in medieval Islam
The Equatorium was an analog computer invented by Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī (Arzachel) in al-Andalus, probably around 1015 CE.
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Astronomy in medieval Islam
Abu Rayhan Biruni also invented the first mechanical lunisolar calendar computer which employed a gear train and eight gear-wheels.
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Charles W. "Chuck" Durham
Durham was a student under John Vincent Atanasoff, who along with his graduate assistant Clifford Berry, invented the world's first electronic digital computer .
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New Mexico State University
Edward O. Thorp, mathematician best known for writing the book Beat the Dealer and co-inventing the first wearable computer; Associate Professor of Mathematics 1961-1965
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New Mexico State University
Edward O. Thorp, mathematician best known for writing the book Beat the Dealer and co-inventing the first wearable computer; Associate Professor of Mathematics 1961-1965
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John Mauchly, physicist who, along with J. Presper Eckert, invented the first general-purpose electronic computer
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Roger Nichols (recording engineer)
In 1978, Nichols pioneered the technique of "digital drum replacement" by inventing the Wendel sampling computer, which was used to provide some of the drum and percussion sounds on Steely Dan's acclaimed Gaucho album, notably the song "Hey Nineteen".
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David Potter
In 1984 using radical technology, Psion invented ‘The Organiser’, the world’s first volume hand-held computers for personal use and information.
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