How did personal computing start? Many credit Apple and IBM for this radical shift, but in 1973, years before the Apple II and IBM PC, Xerox built the Alto, a computer its makers thought could become the “computer of tomorrow.” The Alto embodied for the first time many of the defining features of personal computing t
Two innovative entrepreneurs share how they use technology and learning to expand the frontiers of bodies and minds. Calico Chief Computing Officer Daphne Koller and GoldieBlox Co-founder Debra Sterling join Exponential Center Executive Director Marguerite Gong Hancock to discuss their work improving health and empower
Software allows computers to do many useful, groundbreaking, even spooky tasks. This Family Workshop will put a Halloween spin on many of the software applications in our Make Software: Change the World Exhibition. Participants in this workshop will also investigate ways that they too can be makers of spooky software u
The Design_Code_Build program invites students in grades 6 through 8 to participate in a one-day event that provides engaging hands-on STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, math) learning opportunities. Activities focus on problem-solving and innovation through the lenses of computer science and computer histo
Friday Nights @CHM is offering you a whole new way to experience the Computer History Museum. CHM is now open after hours, from 5 to 9 p.m., and we're hosting the techiest block party in Silicon Valley, featuring innovative curbside cuisine and live music from Off the Grid, patio festivities at our Cloud Bistro beer
Friday Nights @CHM is offering you a whole new way to experience the Computer History Museum. CHM is now open after hours, from 5 to 9 p.m., and we're hosting the techiest block party in Silicon Valley, featuring innovative curbside cuisine and live music from Off the Grid, patio festivities at our Cloud Bistro beer
In the past decade iPhone and the ensuing smartphone revolution have altered our world more thoroughly than any previous computer generation. They have reached more than half the world’s population and have changed the way we communicate, travel, work, entertain ourselves and even sleep. To close the iPhone 360 event
Please join us for this special screening of Graphic Means: A History of Graphic Design Production, hosted by Friday Nights @CHM. This documentary follows the evolution of graphic design production from the 1950s to the 1990s, from linecaster to photocomposition, and from paste-up to PDF.
Dr. Fernando Pereira needs you to talk to your phone. The Google VP and Engineering Fellow is relying on user interaction with products like the Pixel Phone and Google Home to conduct research that could change the way our devices understand us. His team is the brains behind Google Assistant, a software tool powered by
This workshop explores the engineering design process by analyzing modern and historical technologies and innovations. Participants will investigate important moments in computing history, reflect on changes in human-computer relationships, and explore various methods of input and output. Using Raspberry Pi technology,
