The human brain is unimaginably complex and powerful. In fact, no computer that mankind has built thus far has even come close. That's why scientists have worked tirelessly to create cyborg computers, ...

Researchers have created a “biocomputer” made up of lab-grown human brain tissue and electronic circuits that they say can perform tasks including voice recognition. The idea is to build a “bridge ...

A computer that processes analog data is known as an analog computer. Analog computers store information in physical quantities in a continuous format and use measurements to perform computation.

For most investors, how much a stock's price changes over time is important. Not only can it impact your investment portfolio, but it can also help you compare investment results across sectors and ...

In the search for less energy-hungry artificial intelligence, some scientists are exploring living computers. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

Imagine you’re a copper miner in southeastern Europe in the year 3900 B.C.E. Day after day you haul copper ore through the mine’s sweltering tunnels. You’ve resigned yourself to the grueling monotony ...

“The freshmen now entering Drexel [in the early 1980s] will spend the greater portion of their professional lives in the 21st century, in an environment in which the computer will be an everyday, even ...

Invented by John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz of Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, BASIC was first successfully used to run programs on the school’s General Electric computer system 50 ...