Pioneers of computing

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Answer: the first digital camera – John Wade explains how it all began

Some of today’s technology goes back much further than you’d imagine

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Playground wars centred around 8-bit computers were commonplace in the 1980s. One side comprised those who would hear no wrong about their beloved ZX Spectrums. The other side supported the Commodore

As the Second World War raged across continents, the US Patent Office quietly issued Patent No 2,292,387 for a ‘Secret Communication System’. The document described an ingenious method for guiding rad