Form is temporary, function is permanent. The most important inventions are the ones that relate to the human condition, and they crop up over and over again. Below, Houston shares five key insights ...

When Dave Hicks fell in love at 13, it was head over heels like many boys. But the object of Hicks' affections fit neatly into a pocket, did square roots and spoke a language called Reverse Polish ...

It was 1985 when Guy Ball saw his first old calculator at a Salvation Army. “It was really cool-looking and had this white plastic sculpted body. The numbers lit up in a pretty blue fluorescent tone.

We’ve seen so many explorations of older semiconductors at the hands of [Ken Shirriff], that we know enough to expect a good read when he releases a new one. His latest doesn’t disappoint, as he ...