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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.

List of people from Maryland 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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List of people from Maryland 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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    Computer

    To process these punched cards he invented the tabulator, and the keypunch machines. ... The inventor of the program-controlled computer was Konrad Zuse, who built the first working computer in 1941 and later in 1955 the first computer based on magnetic storage.
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    John Vincent Atanasoff

    The 1973 decision of the patent suit Honeywell v. Sperry Rand named him the inventor of the first automatic electronic digital computer, a special-purpose machine that has come to be called the Atanasoff–Berry Computer. ... Who Invented The Computer?: The Legal Battle that Changed Computing History.
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    Analog computer

    An analog computer (spelled analogue in British English) is a form of computer that uses the continuously-changeable aspects of physical phenomena such as electrical, mechanical, or hydraulic quantities to model the problem being solved. ... The FERMIAC was an analog computer invented by physicist Enrico Fermi in 1947 to aid in his studies of neutron transport.
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    Douglas Hofstadter

    Douglas Richard Hofstadter (born February 15, 1945 in New York, New York) is an American academic whose research focuses on consciousness, thinking and creativity. ... Who invented the computer?
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    History of computer science

    The history of computer science began long before the modern discipline of computer science that emerged in the twentieth century, and hinted at in the centuries prior. ... 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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    List of people from Maryland

    The following are some notable people from the U.S. state of Maryland, listed by field of endeavor. ... John Mauchly, physicist who, along with J. Presper Eckert, invented the first general-purpose electronic computer
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    J. Presper Eckert

    John Adam Presper "Pres" Eckert Jr. (April 9, 1919 – June 3, 1995) was an American electrical engineer and computer pioneer. With John Mauchly he invented the first... digital computer (ENIAC),... commercial computer company (the... Mauchly Computer Corporation),... commercial computer in the U.S.,...
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    Douglas Engelbart

    Dr. Douglas C. Engelbart (born January 30, 1925) is an American inventor and early computer pioneer. He is best known for inventing the computer mouse, as a pioneer of human-computer interaction whose team developed hypertext, networked computers, and precursors to GUIs; and as a committed and vocal proponent of the development and use of computers and networks to help cope with the world’s increasingly urgent and complex problems.
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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. He was the Chief Architect of the Fathammer mobile game engine.
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    Alice Burks

    Alice Rowe Burks (born 1920) is an American author of children's books and books about the history of electronic computers. ... Who Invented the Computer?: The Legal Battle That Changed History. foreword by Douglas R. Hofstadter.

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