Human-Computer Interaction Computers have always been good at calculations and data processing. But to evolve from specialized devices to a universal tool required more efficient ways to “talk” to people. Early computers communicated …

Playing on Computers To find the earliest computer games, find the earliest computers. Games have always been part of computing. Some were created for tests or demonstrations. Others merely reflect that computer pioneers were human—and …

Analog and Digital: Different Ways to Measure and Model the World Our world is a symphony of infinite variations. Long before digital computers existed, engineers built models to simulate those real world nuances. Analog computers …