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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Award Programs
2023 Fellow Award Ceremony
Monday, November 20, 2023
CHM honors its 2023 Fellows at the annual award ceremony. Learn more about new inductees Rodney Brooks, Thomas Kurtz, and Barbara Liskov.
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Museum News
Quantum Leap
Tuesday, November 14, 2023
Senior Curator Dag Spicer assesses the state of quantum computing on the occasion of Infineon's recent donation to CHM of an ion trapping quantum processor prototype.
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CHM Live
Humanity + AI
Friday, November 10, 2023
Can AI be a partner with the power to unlock humanity's full potential? Reid Hoffman, cofounder of Inflection AI and former board member of OpenAI, shared his insights and hopes for the future.
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Remarkable People
In Memoriam: John Warnock (1940–2023)
Tuesday, August 22, 2023
CHM remembers John Warnock, Adobe cofounder, who passed away on August 19, 2023.
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CHM Live
Tech and the Future of News
Monday, July 3, 2023
What exactly is the future of news in our data-driven world? Journalists, experts, and news innovators offer some surprising answers.
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From the Collection
ERMA Can Do It!
Monday, June 26, 2023
Find out the story behind ERMA, CHM's exciting (and rare) new addition to the collection!
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Curatorial Insights
Echoes of History
Wednesday, June 14, 2023
Three generations of Sutherland's visit CHM to see Jim Sutherland's 50-year-old creation, the ECHO IV home computer system.
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Curatorial Insights
Weather By Computer
Wednesday, June 7, 2023
Using homegrown satellite communications equipment in the early '60s, the CDC 1604 laid the foundation for modern weather forecasting tools.
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CHM Live
Ethernet Turns 50!
Wednesday, May 31, 2023
CHM celebrated the 50th anniversary of Ethernet, the transformative technology that connected us all to each other and to the world.
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Curatorial Insights
A Backup of Historical Proportions
Wednesday, May 10, 2023
Discover what surprises await in CHM's release of the Xerox PARC file system archive.