February 15 1946 – ENIAC is Dedicated at the University of Pennsylvania

February 15 1946 – ENIAC is Dedicated at the University of PennsylvaniaRate this post The Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC), the world’s first fully electronic automatic “computing machine,” became public knowledge at a large public ceremony at the University of Pennsylvania on February 15, 1946. Weighing in at more than 27 tons and taking up 1,800 square feet, the “Giant Brain” represented a quantum leap in technology — more than 1,000 times more powerful than its predecessors — and heralded the coming of an age driven by computers seen throughout the world today. Though a dazzling sight to reporters on the scene in Philadelphia that day, the origins of […]