Computers and computer games grew up together and have been inseparable now for over 40 years. It’s been a match made in heaven for the billions of people worldwide that enjoy playing games on computers. Explore highlights of some of our favorite computer game artifacts from the collection.
Explore an online version of our Chatbots Decoded: Exploring AI exhibit now showing at CHM. Check out chatbot artifacts and learn about the long history of chatbots. Discover what they are, how they work, and why they matter. Get insights from experts and gain an understanding of the artificial intelligence and the large language models that help chatbots mimic human interaction.
One item in a new collection fascinated CHM curator David Brock—an early video recording, made in 1968, with explanatory notes by industrial psychologist Robert Dunlop. The notes told of an inventive computer system at IBM headquarters that Brock had never heard anything about. A demo of the system was captured on the long obsolete video. Could it be restored, and would it change history?
Not all who push for change join a protest march. Instead, some people serve as role models or educate the next generation. Others may build content for their communities, start new programs, or shatter glass ceilings. Meet nine talented individuals who led the way for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) contributions in computing and explore related materials from the CHM collection.
Far from being “hidden figures,” women have been working in computing since the earliest days of the new field. They’ve often faced gender bias and discrimination in their own families, schools, and the workplace when pursuing their interest in mathematics, science, engineering, and technology. But they’ve always been there, in plain sight, for those who look for them. Meet some amazing women in tech.
Over the past five decades, the venture capital industry has become a notable force in fueling the start-up, growth, and impact of many innovative tech companies that have changed the world. Understanding how the venture capital industry works, how it has developed, and where it's headed provides context in which to evaluate the benefits and downsides of tech innovations and the companies that create them.
As the world looks to technology to address many of its major challenges, from epidemics to climate change to poverty, CHM finds itself reflecting on the current state of the region it calls home. How can Silicon Valley build on its culture of looking forward, its conviction that change is good, to better serve humanity?
Technology's effect on our society and culture continues to grow, yet only 18 percent of those equipped to design our future—and benefit from these high-paying jobs—are women. What effect does this gap have on our products, economy, and future?
Companies that trace their origins to the founders and employees of legendary Fairchild Semiconductor, known as “Fairchildren,” established Silicon Valley as a world center of entrepreneurial activity and technological leadership.
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