Items tagged with ‘defense research’
Jerome B. Weisner Film
Jerome B. Weisner Film
A WGBH film interview of Jerome B. Weisner, MIT President from 1971-1980. He was also MIT Dean of Science, former Special Assistant to the President for ...
SAGE
SAGE
SAGE stood for Semi Automatic Ground Environment. The computer it was connected to, the AN-FSQ7, was one of the largest ever built. SAGE sites were connected ...
Whirlwind I Core Memory
Whirlwind I Core Memory
The Ferrite core for Whirlwind I computer memory. The magnetic core memory, invented by Jay Forrester, consisted of doughnut-shaped ferrite rings strung on ...