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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Remarkable People
Narinder Kapany: Hidden Figure of Fiber Optics
Monday, July 1, 2024
"Fiber optics" was coined by Narinder Kapany, a pioneer in the field who helped lay the foundations for a global telecommunications revolution and the modern internet era.
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CHM Live
Creating the Chinese Computer
Wednesday, June 26, 2024
Did you ever wonder how the Chinese language, with its complex characters, works on a computer keyboard? The evolution of the Chinese computer is a fascinating story.
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Remarkable People
In Memoriam: Lynn Conway (1938–2024)
Friday, June 14, 2024
CHM remembers CHM Fellow Lynn Conway, trailblazing computer scientist, electrical engineer, inventor, and transgender rights advocate.
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CHM Live
Digitizing India
Wednesday, June 5, 2024
India's evolution from a primarily cash-based society to one with the highest volume of digital payments in the world is a remarkable story of imagination and innovation.
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CHM Live
Data Breach
Wednesday, May 29, 2024
Experts discuss who has access to our personal information when we go online and what we can do about it.
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From the Collection
Game On
Friday, May 24, 2024
Find out about the little-known history of the consoles and gaming PCs that ran the classic video games we know and love.
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Remarkable People
In Memoriam: Gordon Bell (1934–2024)
Thursday, May 23, 2024
CHM remembers the incomparable Gordon Bell, a computer pioneer, brilliant engineer, cofounder of the Museum, and CHM Fellow.
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CHM Live
Dialing Up Community
Thursday, May 2, 2024
Today, we take for granted that we are always online, but in the '80s and '90s, dialing in to an online community was an intentional act.
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Curatorial Insights
Fifty Years of the Personal Computer Operating System
Thursday, April 18, 2024
Fifty years ago, PC software pioneer Gary Kildall demonstrated CP/M, the first commercially successful personal computer operating system.
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Guest Blog
IBM and the Transformation of Corporate Design
Tuesday, April 2, 2024
When IBM hired designers in the 1950s to shape how the public would see the new computing technology, the tech giant changed modern corporate branding forever.