When Computers Changed the World from the Revolution Exhibition

"When Computers Changed the World" is just one of more than 100 videos in the Computer History Museum's new exhibition: "Revolution: the First 2000 Years of Computing." In the span of a single lifetime, computers have gone from large, incredibly expensive and rare devices to small, low-cost, ubiquitous tools that we can't imagine living without. Yet, few people know the history of how this came to be.

Revolution: The First 2000 Years of Computing is a rich, multimedia exhibition that traces the history of modern computing. It begins with ancient efforts to make math easier and extends through to the modern marvels of hand-held devices and the Web. Revolution tells the stories of computing history in 19 galleries. Each gallery is a themed mini-exhibition that covers a particular aspect of the evolution of computing. Within each gallery is an icon—a distinguished artifact that represents and introduces the topic.

In all, more than 1,100 objects, some rare and one-of-a-kind, are displayed. Revolution immerses visitors in the sights and sounds of the computer revolution through vivid graphics, hands-on displays, period settings, machine demonstrations, and more than 100 video, audio, and touch-screen stations.

See the Revolution Exhibition at the Computer History Museum in Silicon Valley, California. Visitor information can be found at www.computerhistory.org/visit or on Facebook at facebook.com/ComputerHistory and on Twitter @computerhistory. Or visit Revolution Online at www.computerhistory.org/revolution

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[shaurz]

@espinetmatt But Facebook did nothing for computing, there were plenty of social network sites before it.

[moveaxebx]

@espinetmatt

Facebook was not first social network. Facebook did not invent any new technology. Facebook is _propagated_ social network, nothing else.

Only someone who doesn't know anything about the history of computing can claim that Zuckerberg was important. Tesla and Edison played bigger role then Zuckerberg. The author of mp3 compression did more and it's the technology we use every day and no one knows his name.

Where's Linus Torvalds?

Where's Richard Stallman?

Zuckerberg???Yeah right..

[lovelplants]

well computer help us a lot now.

[Dms12444]

I feel they should have put Dennis Ritchie in place of Zuckerberg, but that aside, great video! It really is incredible just how far we've gotten in only a century's time.

[PeeteyP]

at 1:08 she says "computers are just machines that eed to be told what to do by humans." Remember also that humans are just machines that need to be told what to do by computers.

[superprodude1]

@ 1:03 what she says will change soon

[kurt05051987]

Zuckerberg??...

[gerjaison]

@moveaxebx - I speculate there's one thing Zuckerberg did that deserves his baby face in this video. Donated some (maybe alot of) money to Computer History Museum.

[gerjaison]

Sorry i like the video but Mark Zuckerburg is a genius? A bit degrading for Alan Turing and others.

[moveaxebx]

@espinetmatt

-No they can put ~10 people (like they did) and non of the shoud be Zuckerberg.

It's like you are summerizig the history of film and show a porn star as an example. Yes, it's well know, but no cultural contibutions whatsoever and someone would argue, only devastation. It's the same thing with computer history, but through technological aspect.

[espinetmatt]

@moveaxebx all im saying is it doesnt matter. they are not going to put 500 people in a 4 minute video.

how is my pov of stallman childish? if someones a jerk to you, and thinks hes better than you. wouldn't you think poorly of that person? stop whining.

[TheDarkFalcon]

@espinetmatt I hear about pop stars all the time as well, doesnt mean that they are important.