Even if you aren’t a Disney fan, you probably know about EPCOT — Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow — a Disney attraction that promised a glimpse of the future. [ErnieTech] takes a glimpse ...
The UNIVAC had already predicted the 1952 Presidential election. But Remington Rand, the company behind the machine, had bigger things in mind. Like the weather. And making money. The UNIVAC was one ...
It was November 4, 1952, and Americans huddled in their living rooms to follow the results of the Presidential race between General Dwight David Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson, Governor of Illinois.
BLUE BELL, Pennsylvania (CNN) -- Fifty years ago -- on June 14, 1951 -- the U.S. Census Bureau officially put into service what it calls the world's first commercial computer, known as UNIVAC I.
The Remington Rand Univac was the first commercial computer produced in the United States. It is seen here in Philadelphia in 1951. The Remington Rand Univac was the first commercial computer produced ...
Remington Rand's Univac computer was big and expensive. But it built its reputation quickly as a predictor of presidential elections. Photo: U.S. Army View Slideshow __1952: __Television makes its ...
On November 4, 1952, CBS News used a Remington Rand UNIVAC computer for its presidential election night coverage. Although some predicted a close race between Republican Dwight Eisenhower and Democrat ...
PHILADELPHIA -- For two of the men who worked on UNIVAC, the world's first commercial computer, the idea that their legacy would spawn a revolution didn't occur to them at the time. James McGarvey, 77 ...
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