Media Summary: This talk outlines the history of the Whirlwind computer, designed at MIT in the 1950's, and used as the prototype for the SAGE ... Today we're going to step back from hardware and software, and take a closer look at how the backdrop of the Expert of Eastern European and Russian affairs and Director of the Wilson Center's Kennan Institute Dr. Michael Kimmage joins ...
How A Cold War Supercomputer - Detailed Analysis & Overview
This talk outlines the history of the Whirlwind computer, designed at MIT in the 1950's, and used as the prototype for the SAGE ... Today we're going to step back from hardware and software, and take a closer look at how the backdrop of the Expert of Eastern European and Russian affairs and Director of the Wilson Center's Kennan Institute Dr. Michael Kimmage joins ... Amazing early Air defense control computer from the Most people think the tech industry was built by entrepreneurs, garage startups, and Silicon Valley visionaries. But the real story ... Soviet Scientists Couldn't Believe How Fast America's
