Bell Telephone Laboratories develops the transistor in 1947. UNIVAC, the Universal Automatic Computer (pictured below), is developed in 1951. It can store 12,000 digits in random access mercury ...

Turing had previously been involved with the construction of both the Colossus, the electronic computer built at Bletchley Park during WW2, and, later, the Automatic Computing Engine. (SSPL/Getty ...

Instead of an external clutch, cars with automatic transmissions use a series of internal clutches engaged by a computer-controlled hydraulic system. When you press the accelerator, the engine ...