It’s no bigger than a drinking glass, and it fits easily in the palm of the hand. It resembles a pepper grinder—or perhaps a hand grenade. The diminutive “Curta” is a striking machine, a mechanical ...

Labor costs once were the primary component in determining manufacturing overhead, because in settings where limited automation is the norm, labor is the main variable. However, in many settings, ...

IBM turns 100 years old on Thursday, and what a trip the company has made from its origins in punch cards and "calculating machines." Here, a brief history of innovation from the tech powerhouse. From ...

A rare liveaction and closeup study of the only existing Babbage Difference Engine a machine designed in the first quarter of the 19thCentury by English inventor and mathematician Charles Babbage The ...

A woman standing next to a calculator taller than herself. Though we may not think about it, math and calculations permeate our everyday lives. We calculate tips at restaurants, determine how much ...

Grant’s difference engine was invented in 1876 by George Grant. It was a calculating machine and was invented as a way to advance the current calculating machine technology. It used the latest design ...

Art and luxury auction house Christie’s has withdrawn the world’s first calculating machine, designed by French mathematician Blaise Pascal in 1642. The decision was announced on Wednesday, after a ...

Christie’s, the British auction house, has halted the sale of the world's first calculator “La Pascaline” in Paris. The auction of the first calculating machine was scheduled for Wednesday, but the ...

The Babylonians used separate combinations of two symbols to represent every single number from 1 to 59. That sounds pretty confusing, doesn’t it? Our decimal system seems simple by comparison, with ...

THE first calculating machine was invented in 1642 by Blaise Pascal. Had it not been for the War, the tercentenary of this event, which has had such a profound influence on applied mathematics and ...

Frustrated by human error, mathematician and inventor Charles Babbage designed a machine to perform mathematical functions and automatically print the results. Library of Congress When today’s number ...

A DISPLAY of calculating machines was arranged early this month by the Burroughs Adding Machine, Ltd.,at 136 Regent Street, London, W.I. The machines shown were of many types, ranging from the simpler ...