When I was young the first “computer” I ever owned was an analog computer built from a kit. It had a sloped plastic case which had three knobs with large numerical scales around them and a ...

While the first computers were mechanical and famously ... In the 1930s, the Russian scientist Vladimir Lukyanov built an analog computer known as the "Water Integrator" or "Lukyanov's Integrator." ...

A thermometer is a simple analog computer. As the temperature varies, the mercury moves correspondingly. A slide rule is another example. Although special-purpose, complex analog computers are ...

It’s no surprise then that he’s interested in the Antikythera Mechanism—a small geared device discovered off the coast of the Greece in 1900 that is believed to be the first analog ...

Built around the beginning of the 1st century BCE, the Antikythera Mechanism is the oldest known analog computer in human history, and there’s an enduring mystery surrounding what it was used for.

The technology behind this invention His was one of the first analog computers built in the Soviet Union. It worked by careful handling of water through a room full of interconnected pipes and pumps.

Amidst the hullabaloo over its origin, which was taken as dating back to the Hellenistic era of 205 B.C, the “world’s first computer” as it was referred to, embraced surprises galore for ...

Cambridge, UK -- February 28, 2023 -- Agile Analog, the analog IP innovators, has extended its range of data conversion IP with the introduction of the first customisable, process agnostic, 12-bit ...