Researchers in the US have built a mechanical computer It's made from metal bars and springs, and is capable of basic computing operations This might pave the way for important technological advances, ...

Quantum computing requires new hardware technology but it offers significant performance improvements for many computational problems. Many businesses are already working on various ways to create ...

Thomas E. Kurtz, a pioneering mathematician at Dartmouth College and an inventor of the simplified computer programming language known as BASIC, which allowed students to easily operate early ...

While most of the world has just about got to grips with basic computing, D-Wave cofounder Eric Ladizinsky is trying to get to grips with quantum computing. "I'm very concerned about the future," he ...

At Dartmouth, long before the days of laptops and smartphones, he worked to give more students access to computers. That work helped propel generations into a new world. By Kenneth R. Rosen Thomas E.