The following is a report done in partnership with Temple University’s Philadelphia Neighborhoods Program, the capstone class for the Temple Journalism Department. In a small corner of the University ...

The first computers ever built were so large they took up entire rooms, something hard to imagine in a day and age when we carry mobile phones in our pockets. One of those massive machines, the ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The Electrical Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC) was the largest and most powerful computer built during World War II. The United States ...

A look back at the room-size government computer that began the digital era Steven Levy Philadelphia schoolchildren are drilled on the names of its accomplished citizens. William Penn. Benjamin ...

The invention of ENIAC in Philadelphia sparked countless technological innovations.

ENIAC is considered the world's first fully electronic universal computer. It was programmed by six IT pioneers who were ...

80 years ago, ENIAC was presented to the world. Not the first, but the most important computer of its time.

A tech twist to Philly’s 2026 heritage celebrations, eight decades after the pioneering Penn-built machine changed society forever.

In a day and age in which we carry sophisticated mobile phones in our pockets, it's hard to imagine that the first computers ever built were so large they took up entire rooms. One of those massive ...

The University of Pennsylvania rolls out the first all-electronic general-purpose digital computer, called ENIAC (one shown). The Colossus electronic computers had been used by British code-breakers ...

A bank of blinking lights indicate the mysterious processes going on within: That classic symbol of a computer has lasted long after computers evolved into friendly desktop tools. This was not a dream ...