Story of Computing

David Packard had an interest in electronics from a young age.  He met Bill Hewlett in college and the rest is history.  Hear from David himself on how HP was started. 

Grace Hopper has many achievements to early computing including the invention of the compiler!  Despite being rejected at first, Grace joined the NAVY and rose the ranks, making many contributions to the computing field along the way. 

Tim Berners-Lee is both a knight and the creator of the World Wide Web!  His creation significantly altered the world as we know it.  His latest startup, Inrupt, has plans to change the world again.  

Alan Turing is one of the more well known pioneers in the computing field, and for good reason!  His accomplishments drastically altered the ending of World War II.  Learn his story in this week's episode. 

Hedy Lamarr is widely known for her role in many Hollywood movies.  However, Hedy has a largely unknown side of her, as an inventor! She invented frequency hopping, a radio technology that is still used today in drones, cars, and airplanes. 

Annie Easley was a human “computer” at NASA.  She computed calculations by hand, and eventually learned to program early computers.  She was also an advocate for equality in the workplace.

Charles Babbage is known by many as the father of the computer.  From his childhood experience of attempting to summon the devil, to his collegiate forming of a "Ghost Club", learn the story of the man that create the predecessor to the modern computer. 

In the initial episode of the Story of Computing podcast we tell the story of Ada Lovelace, controversially considered the first programmer.  Learn how Ada earned this title in a time before computers and her lasting legacy on the computer science field.