Dance Dance Matrix Revolutions

In a small glass cabinet at the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester, England, there are three red transistors. On June 21, 1948, these transistors were part of the first programmable electronic computing device, nicknamed “Baby.” Much like the invention of the spinning jenny in that same city almost two centuries prior, it’s difficult to […]
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