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Pixels and Polygons: The Evolution of Computer Graphics
A comprehensive 15-minute guided audio tour exploring the pivotal artifacts that transformed computer graphics from laboratory experiments into the foundation of modern visual culture.
The Black Cube: A Guided Tour of the Thinking Machines CM-1
A 14-minute audio script about the Connection Machine CM-1, a 1980s computer with 65,536 simple processors in a black cube of red lights.
The AN/FSQ-7: The Giant Computer Behind Cold War Air Defense
How the SAGE air defense system and its AN/FSQ-7 computers introduced real-time computing, light guns, core memory and long-distance data links in the 1950s.
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IBM Summit
An IBM supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory that held the number 1 spot on the TOP500 list from June 2018 to June 2020.
Apple Watch
A line of smartwatches whose first model went on sale in April 2015 and quickly became the best-selling wearable device.
Raspberry Pi
A small, low-cost single-board computer made to teach computer science, with over 75 million sold as of March 2026.
iPad (first generation)
A 9.7 inch touchscreen tablet announced on January 27, 2010 that sold a million units in about a month.
iPhone (first generation)
The 2007 phone with a multi-touch screen and no physical keyboard, sold for $499 or $599 with a two-year contract.
Xbox
Microsoft's game console brand, introduced in November 2001 with the original Xbox.
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Explore the machines
Fact sheets for 109 artifacts and 22 long reads, from punched-card looms to personal computers.
Plan a lesson or a visit
8 lesson plans, scavenger hunts and discussion guides, mapped to Georgia standards.