The Humane Machine
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The machine wasn’t meant to be created, and yet it was: the merit goes to a team of engineers who disobeyed their bosses, messed with international politics and crafted something unthinkable. This episode unveils the first personal computer ever produced, the Olivetti's Programma 101. We’ll investigate how Piergiorgio Perotto and his group made computers humane and paved the way for the modern information society. Today’s guests are Beniamino De Liguori, Gastone Garziera and Giovanni De Sandre.
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Published 12/30/19
Published 12/30/19
There’s a small piece of art in almost every fridge, even in yours. It’s from the Twenties, the time when an avant-garde artist (Fortunato Depero) and an entrepreneur (Davide Campari) proved that ads could be something more than shouted slogans and that even a tiny, mundane object can be the...
Published 12/27/19
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