CHM Revolution

Date

1950

Credit Line

Courtesy of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dept. of Physics. Reproduced by permission of the News-Gazette, Inc. Permission does not imply endorsement.

Copyright Owner

© The News-Gazette, Inc.

Keywords

electronic brain

Object ID

500004066

A newspaper article in the News-Gazette called this machine a “baby brain.” Although digital “electronic brains” were starting to capture the imagination of the public, this analog computer, which “...takes less electrical current than a toaster,” was different.