Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. In 1642, French mathematician Blaise Pascal invented a calculating machine that could add ...

Geek Life: Fun stories, memes, humor and other random items at the intersection of tech, science, business and culture. SEE MORE An early computer at Seattle’s Living Computers Museum + Labs.

Charles Babbage's Difference Engine, designed in the 1820s, is considered the first "mechanical" computer in history, according to the Science Museum in the U.K. Powered by steam with a hand crank ...

The museum expanded in 2016 with the addition of first floor exhibits featuring current technology, as well as three hands-on computer science learning labs. It then took on the name Living ...