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Human Computer Interaction: The UK’s distinctive contribution and lessons for our future

The iPhone is a remarkable example of how HCI and technology combined to produce something…

31 August 2023
ARM Cortex A57 A53

Acorns to Oaks: five personal stories behind Acorn Computers and Arm

One of the great success stories of the UK’s technology industry is Arm, Advanced RISC…

24 August 2023
The Cray XC40 supercomputer installed at Exeter

Supercomputers and the Met Office: at the forefront of weather and climate science    

Main image: The Cray XC40 supercomputer. The Met Office currently has three XC40s, installed in…

28 June 2023
Freddie Williams and Tom Kilburn, the inventors of the Baby shown programming the Manchester Mk 1 computer

Happy 75th birthday to the Manchester Baby – the first stored program computer

Main image: Freddie Williams and Tom Kilburn, the inventors of the Baby shown programming the…

21 June 2023
A black and white photo of the IBM 701

Report uncovers how Roll-Royce acquired first computer 70 years ago

Main image: The IBM 701 became the first digital computer that Rolls-Royce used in 1953…

15 June 2023
English Electric KDF9 (Lyons Electronic Office) Magnetic Tape Reader, Bracknell, 1966

The Met Office and supercomputers: a timeline

Main Image: English Electric KDF9 (Lyons Electronic Office) Magnetic Tape Reader, Bracknell, 1966 The Meteorological…

7 June 2023
An AI robot meets a human astronaut

Eight thought leaders give their views on where AI is taking us

Main Image: Could we see a future where AI and human intelligence complement each other…

24 May 2023

The Queen and Technology

Whilst many schools and education settings will be reflecting on the contribution the Queen made…

13 September 2022

The UK IT Industry after World War II

The National Research and Development Corporation (NRDC) By Yueqi Li

11 September 2022
A colour photograph of a defibrillator with graph paper coming out of the front. It has a handle and a screen on the front and is a large grey rectangular box with blue sides

The history of the defibrillator

How the work of two men, John Anderson & Frank Pantridge, bought us the defibrillator…

29 August 2022

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