You can log into 28 vintage computer systems in your browser for free, thanks to the Interim Computer Museum — Experience legendary OSes, architectures, programming languages, and games https://t.co/kG2zu5jY0i
If you haven’t yet seen our latest episode SNOCOM, you should. Shortly our next episode will be released!
SNOCOM was Australia’s first fully transistorised universal computer.
https://t.co/rAbUY6zNWc… via @YouTube
A new episode of State of Electronics is out today. It’s part of my new series called the Computer History of Australia and this particular episode is called UTECOM: https://t.co/yd4dTe5m85
UTECOM was Australias 4th computer & Sydneys 3rd & has a fascinating history
The Computer SILLIAC was Australias 3rd computer & introduced many to programming.
The Computer History of Australia - Ep5 "SILLIAC" https://t.co/ugFBkpabye via @YouTube
The Computer History of Australia - Episode 3 - CSIRAC part3 of 3 https://t.co/VktIlr4hoZ via @YouTube
Help us find & acquire stock footage for the series here:
https://t.co/OSLFH856fw
ON THIS DAY | In 1928, Three television sets were installed by GE in homes in Schenectady, New York, in order to demonstrate the first home television receiver. The picture was 1.5 inches long by 1 inch wide and 24 lines at 16 frames per second.
#OnThisDay#TV
Playing around with things I have in my shed during the lockdown in Victoria Australia. I designed & built a Nixie tube driver/module using discrete transistors & thru hole components. It can be multiplexed. Feels appropriately old school 😊
Fantastic to see the winner of this year’s Pearcey award was won by entrepreneur Craig McDonald, founder of MailGuard - an Australian tech company founded in 2001. #craigmcdonald#pearceyfoundation
“When we talk about privacy, a lot of the time what we talk about is power. And we talk about the power about who has the power to make decisions about you based on information about you” - Roger Taylor #rogertaylor#ai#pearceyoration2019#dataprivacy
“There is a real urgency about (regulating AI systems) ... we need to be able to govern the world we live in ... We need to understand how data about us is being used ... We need to interrogate systems & hold them to account” - Roger Taylor #rogertaylor#pearceyoration2019#ai
“The UK like Australia ... is at real risk here. Because the world is about to be dominated by (AI & Machine learning). These technologies tend to be highly centralised. They feed off data..” - Roger Taylor #rogertaylor#pearceyoration2019#ai#machinelearning
“We are very likely to see an increase in regulation (internet) & that has been the thinking behind the establishment in the UK” - Roger Taylor #pearceyoration2019#rogertaylor