TI's first handheld calculator is now a museum piece
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At a ceremony in Washington, the Smithsonian Institution honored the first handheld electronic calculator, which was developed by a team at Texas Instruments.
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The "Anti-kythera Mechanism," an ancient Greek astronomical calculator dating to about 100 B.C., possessed a technical sophistication centuries ahead of its time, an international research team reports. "The actual design is superb, almost jaw-dropping," says study leader Mike Edmunds of the United Kingdom's Cardiff University. The mechanism is now at the National Archaeological Museum of Athens.
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Texas Instruments, a company well-known for its calculators, says it has developed a computer chip that will let television fans watch their favorite shows on cellular phones.
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The blueprint for a tiny, ultra-rugged mechanical computer has been inspired by ideas put forward 200 years ago.
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TV addicts need never again be far away from their next digital telly fix, thanks to a chip being developed by Texas Instruments (TI) for mobile phones.
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Richard Feynman was way ahead of his time, using modern-day approaches to computing in the days of punched cards.
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A 2,000-year-old astronomical calculator, the Antikythera Mechanism -- with its intricate and baffling system of about 30 geared wheels -- has been an enigma.
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A new "gas gauge" chip for laptop batteries provides much more accurate readouts of time left.
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When $100 buys a pocket-sized gadget that can store decades' worth of appointments -- and $200 gets you one that also serves as a digital photo album and MP3 player -- why would anybody spend up to $500 on a new Palm or Pocket PC handheld? -Rob Pegoraro
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The MIT Technology Review, which was introduced in 1899, is getting a makeover to help attract readers and advertisers.
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Here's a look at the evolution of software coding from the early days of wires and physical switches to the untimely death of "automatic programming."
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Blog: It's only a 2.5-inch prototype, but it's a first
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It's the birthplace of the transistor, the laser, the solar cell and the fax machine. Its researchers were the first to hear the echoes of the Big Bang. And now this American legend is part of a French company.
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For the first time in Must-Have Gadgets history, a product on our list has been replaced by itself.
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Geek chic of years gone by isn't so cool today, as technology races on.
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There are 1.1 million fossils in the collection of Harvard's Museum of Natural History: invertebrate, vertebrate, and one of more recent origin. Insert 50 cents, and it lets you make a phone call.
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The renovated New York Hall of Science's new shows include one of the oldest (and best): "Mathematica," a show that continues to inspire wonder and persistent curiosity.