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Exponential Center

Artifact Stories: A Tradition of Disruption, Innovation & Exponential Impact

Thursday, September 13, 2018

Exponential Center 2018 interns—Maya, Yuki, Catherine, and Hannah—gathered a lot of knowledge about Silicon Valley and its ecosystem during their internship. They've each picked one of their favorite artifacts in the Museum’s collection to share some of the information and insights they gained during their time at CHM.

CHM Live, Curatorial Insights, Software History Center

Navigating the Quantum Computing Frontier

Friday, August 24, 2018

Perhaps you are like me: You’ve aware that quantum computing is a hot topic today but have a nagging feeling that you don’t really have a good picture of what it’s all about. Sure, you know it has something to do with the unintuitive behavior of the world described by quantum mechanics—cats in boxes that are blends of

Curatorial Insights

The Asilomar Microcomputer Workshop and the Billion Dollar Toilet Seat

Tuesday, August 7, 2018

A microprocessor-embedded Lucite toilet seat and colorful handheld sun umbrellas featured in a group photograph of attendees at the 44th Asilomar Microcomputer Workshop (AMW44) in April 2018 represent the irreverent sense of humor combined with the pursuit of cutting-edge technology and an unrelenting hacker ethic tha

CHM Live, Exponential Center

Invested in China: Venture Capitalists on Growing Chinese Tech Companies

Wednesday, August 1, 2018

Remember when “Made in China” was synonymous with a cheap toy or electronic knockoff? Those days are long over. Chinese tech firms, once seen as quaint or copycats, can now count Alibaba, Tencent, and Ant Financial in the world’s top 10 most valuable internet companies, alongside Alphabet, Facebook, and Amazon. And the

Education

#CHMTeenTakeover Recap

Tuesday, July 31, 2018

After months of planning, organizing, and sending many, many emails, the Teen Engagement Council hosted “Power Up the Future” on June 22, 2018, bringing approximately 500 people to the Museum for the first of an annual event series dedicated to promoting teens’ interest in technology.

CHM Live

Dissecting Medicine in the Digital Age with UCSF’s Dr. Atul Butte

Wednesday, June 13, 2018

Today, sequencing our genetic code or doing a DNA test is affordable, fast, and can even connect people with long lost relatives. Additionally, these genetic databases are producing real-world applications—including creating targeted drug therapies to treat certain cancers, narrowing down suspects in criminal investiga

CHM Live, Exponential Center

Task Rabbits and Thunder Lizards: A Founder and Funder Story

Friday, June 1, 2018

When a founder’s vision sparks a funder’s interest, an idea can become an enterprise with the potential to reimagine the whole idea of community. That’s what happened when TaskRabbit founder Leah Busque and Floodgate venture capitalist Ann Miura-Ko joined forces. The two discussed their partnership growing one of the e

From the Collection

The Eudora™ Email Client Source Code

Tuesday, May 22, 2018

Electronic mail is one of “killer apps” of networked computing. The ability to quickly send and receive messages without having to be online at the same time created a new form of human communication. By now billions of people have used email.

From the Collection

Museum’s Oral Histories Tell Story of Japanese Hard Disk Drive Industry

Thursday, May 17, 2018

The Computer History Museum (CHM) recently released six video-recorded oral histories of key engineers and scientists from Japan who made seminal contributions to the magnetic recording technologies used in hard disk drives.

Museum News

2018 CHM Fellow Awards

Wednesday, May 2, 2018

On Saturday, April 28, 2018, the Computer History Museum (CHM), proudly inducted three extraordinary Fellows to its elite Hall of Fellows: Dov Frohman-Bentchkowsky, Dame Stephanie Shirley CH, and Guido van Rossum.