The analog computer of decades-gone-by is something many of us younger engineers never got the chance to experience first hand. It’s pretty much a case of reading about them on these fine pages ...

Amidst the hullabaloo over its origin, which was taken as dating back to the Hellenistic era of 205 B.C, the “world’s first computer” as it was referred to, embraced surprises galore for ...

While the first computers were mechanical and famously ... In the 1930s, the Russian scientist Vladimir Lukyanov built an analog computer known as the "Water Integrator" or "Lukyanov's Integrator." ...

A thermometer is a simple analog computer. As the temperature varies, the mercury moves correspondingly. A slide rule is another example. Although special-purpose, complex analog computers are ...

Greek divers found a shipwreck in 1900 with a 2,100-year-old ancient device so sophisticated that researchers have only ...