61 year old computer on display in London.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/21/tech/innovation/witch-computer-restoration/index.html




The WITCH as it is called stands for Wolverhampton Instrament for Teaching Computation from Harwell was made in the 1950s  and is able to store up to 40 8 digit numbers and print. The WITCH was found in storage and is currently on display in a London musume.

Fighting cancer with cell phones in Africa.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/23/tech/africa-health-innovation/index.html?hpt=te_r1


This article is about a group of Canadian doctors fighter Cancer in remote areas of Africa, medical workers go into areas such as tanzania to help Drs. screen cancer of the women there. Health care workers use smartphones to take pictures of the patients cervix and the doctors are able to look at the photos to tell if the women need addition care.

Past is prototype: The evolution of the computer keyboard.

This ars and develticle talks about the evolution of the keyboards from the past, and how they researchers study past keyboards to see if they can use any of the old technologies to use toward the new technolgies in computers.




http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9233085/Past_is_prototype_The_evolution_of_the_computer_keyboard

Net App upgrades midrange storage arrays

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9233224/NetApp_upgrades_midrange_storage_arrays

This article is about a application that will double the capacity of memory and drove slots. Fiber-Attached Storage arrays by 80% and doubled the available drive storage.