As Christmas draws closer and a wave of new toys hits the market, we are taking a glance back to remember the toys from yesteryear with a special hands-on event - Toys of Christmas Past.
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We have an urgent need for people who are happy to help with administrative work, assisting communications, curatorial, events and educational staff in a more behind-the-scenes capacity.
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Viva Computer! A People’s History of Home Computing summer festival and new exhibition opened on Sunday 26 June. The launch event, hosted by tech entrepreneur and Acorn founder Hermann Hauser, i...
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Members of our learning team and several volunteers spent last weekend (10 - 12 June) supporting Butlins at its latest Astonishing Science Weekend in Skegness.
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Just over 30 years after the original Sinclair C5 vehicle was developed here in Cambridge by Sir Clive Sinclair, the Centre for Computing History launches the C5 Futura.
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ARM, the jewel in the crown of the Cambridge tech industry, is the focus of our latest exhibition which opened to the public on November 28th.
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Applications are invited for the post of 'Education Co-ordinator' on our Heritage Lottery funded project, Viva Computer: A People’s History of Home Computing Applications must be submitted by 5pm on Wednesday 7th October 2015.
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We're getting lots of questions from parents, teachers and students about the BBC Micro:Bit which has just been launched with the announcement that they will be given to Year 7 students across the country in the new term.
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Today the BBC launched Micro:Bit - a programmable computer that features an array of red LED lights, two buttons, a motion sensor, compass and Bluetooth connectivity.
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The Centre for Computing History will be holding its 2015 AGM on Thursday 9th July 2015, at Unit 1, Rene Court, Coldhams Lane, Cambridge, CB1 3EW.
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Our very own Jezza moonlights as Half-Life’s Gordon Freeman in Computerphile’s latest video and it’s going viral!
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