So, who invented the computer? (Un)fortunately, there is no simple answer to this question. The modern computer is such a complex amalgam of logic and engineering, that it would be ludicrous to ...

In 1953, the first high-speed printer was developed by Remington-Rand for use on the Univac computer. In 1938, Chestor Carlson invented a dry printing process called electrophotography commonly ...

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long before most of the technologies necessary to build it were even invented. That design was the Dynabook, and its author was computer scientist Alan Kay. Its intended audience was children.