CHM Blog
The CHM blog showcases ideas and insights from our vibrant community in Silicon Valley and around the world. We take you behind the scenes of our programming, collections, and exhibits. Connecting the past to the present and into the future, we decode technology for everyone.
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Curatorial Insights
Relax. Machines Already Took Our Jobs
Tuesday, February 16, 2021
The machines took over most tasks long ago, but we hardly notice any more. The long history of automation shows us that changes that happen slowly enough become the new normal.
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Exponential Center
Making Your Match
Thursday, February 11, 2021
Can you trust an app to meet your match? A 2019 survey by the Pew Research Center found that 30% of US adults have used a dating app or site, and that percentage nears 50% for people ages 18–29.
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Curatorial Insights, From the Collection
Thinking about Machines and Thinking
Thursday, January 28, 2021
He likely arrived in Paris from Darmstadt, Germany, by train that January, exactly seventy years ago. At 53, and a full professor of applied mathematics and the founding director of the Institut für Praktische Mathematik at the Technische Hochschule Darmstadt, Alwin Walther was among Germany’s leading figures in comput
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CHM Live
Secrets In Our DNA
Thursday, January 28, 2021
Millions of people have sent their DNA to be analyzed, hoping to obtain clues to family origins and forecasts of their future health. But what really happens once the sample is in the hands of testing companies?
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CHM Live
Tech for Social Impact
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
Sharing their experience, and their optimism, panelists explore how the digital revolution is accelerating notable advances, particularly in healthcare.
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Projects
Worry and Wonder: CHM Decodes AI
Tuesday, January 12, 2021
In January 2021, CHM will begin three months of special programming exploring the tension between fear and trust of technology through artificial intelligence.
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Curatorial Insights
Silicon Valley Turns 50
Monday, January 11, 2021
Fifty years ago, a front-page article in the tech-industry’s leading newspaper introduced a new nickname for a cluster of sleepy agricultural communities near San Jose, California.
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Uncategorized
Let the Games Begin!
Tuesday, December 22, 2020
Got a gamer on your holiday gift list? Check out how video games have kept us hooked over the years.
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Software History Center
Introducing the Smalltalk Zoo
Thursday, December 17, 2020
In commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the release of Smalltalk-80, the Computer History Museum is proud to announce a collaboration with Dan Ingalls to preserve and host the “Smalltalk Zoo.”
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CHM Live
Decoding Innovation
Tuesday, December 15, 2020
We hear the term “innovation” seemingly everywhere: In books; magazines; white papers; blogs; classrooms; offices; factories; government hearings; podcasts; and more. But for all this discussion, have we really gotten much clarity?