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How computers compute

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Hand touches mechanical computer made of wood
How computers compute

SUBJECTS:  Technologies

YEARS:  5–6, 7–8


How do computers work?

Watch as Jamie Teherani from MIT, demonstrates how a big, mechanical computer made from wood works.

What does it have in common with the high-tech computers of today?


Acknowledgements

How Computers Compute from MIT's Science Out Loud downloaded from PBS LearningMedia, http://www.pbslearningmedia.org. Rights to use this asset do not expire. Asset Copyright MIT. Credits: Hosted and written by: Jamie Teherani, Additional scripting: Elizabeth Choe, George Zaidan, Executive producer: Elizabeth Choe, Director: George Zaidan, Editor: Per Hoel, Production assistant: Ryan Pelletier, Music: "Tokyo Street" by airtone (http://ccmixter.org/files/airtone/28285), "Dazed" by airtone (http://ccmixter.org/files/airtone/39444), "Sometimes" by airtone (http://ccmixter.org/files/airtone/23809). Special thanks: MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (https://www.csail.mit.edu), National Science Foundation (http://www.nsf.gov), Center for Energy Efficient Electronics Science (http://www.e3s-center.org).



Date of broadcast: 13 Nov 2014


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