Some highlights from the IEEE's very fine Annals of the History of Computing, v31i2. You'll need a subscription to the magazine to access it on the IEEE's site.
- Anecdotes: Prototype Fragments from Babbage's First Difference Engine by Roegel, Denis
- Biographies: Tom Kilburn: A Pioneer of Computer Design by Anderson, David P.
- Think Piece: Preserving Records of the Past, Today by Cortada, James W
- IBM France La Gaude Laboratory Contributions to Telecommunications: Part 1 and Part 2 by Bastian, Michel; Boisseau, Marc; Cohendet, et al.
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A bunch of recent journal & magazine issues to catch up on. There's lots of cool stuff to highlight, so I'll only list a couple of articles from each issue. Unfortunately, most of it will be behind the IEEE paywall.
Just yesterday I posted on preserving the the history of the computing field, musing at the end that digitization projects could save a lot of documents.
A selection of articles from two recent IEEE publications which have special issues devoted to humanitarian service in engineering. Note that most of these articles will be behind the IEEE paywall.
Some highlights from the IEEE's very fine Technology and Society Magazine, v29i2. You'll need a subscription to the magazine to access it on the IEEE's site.