Gallium Nitride (GaN) Semiconductor containing hundred of power transistors.
The HX-63 was an electromechanical rotor-based cipher machine, introduced in 1964 by Crypto AG in Zug (Switzerland). It features nine electrically wired permutations wheels, or rotors, that have more contacts than the 26 letters of the alphabet. The machine could be set up in around 10^600 different configurations. Only twelve of these machines were manufactured.
The HX-63 was an electromechanical rotor-based cipher machine, introduced in 1964 by Crypto AG in Zug (Switzerland). Each of the HX-63’s nine main rotors are connected via a set of 41 gold-plated contacts allowing electrical current to flow through the rotor assembly.
Chess board from Belle – the first purpose-built chess machine created by Ken Thompson and Joe Condon. The chess board was created by Dave Hagelbarger.
The Ability Hand is a bionic hand for use by humans and robots that is capable of 32 grip patterns. All five-fingers flex, extend and are equipped with sensors that detect pressure and send vibrations to the wearer’s arm to communicate the sensation.
Cerebras Wafer Scale Engine (WSE-2) is the largest chip ever built containing 2.6 trillion transistors.
Kurt Petersen – Pioneer of Micro-electrical-mechanical systems (MEMS).
The Stretch robot from Silicon Valley based Hello Robot, Inc. presents a rose in it’s gripper. The robot’s telscoping arm and dexterious wrist can be used ot grip a wide variety of objects.
Programmable array logic chips and their labels.
The H-460 was an electromechanical cipher machine introduced in 1970 by Crypto AG (Hagelin) in Zug (Switzerland). It was the company’s first machine that used a shift-register based cryptologic developed in secret by the NSA.
IBM SMS card “EDA”. The function of the card is a 12V regulator. Part number: 374546.
The tuning fork component of the MEMS GyroChip quartz rate sensor technology which is used worldwide for electronic stability control and rollover protection in passenger vehicles.
The tuning fork component of the MEMS GyroChip quartz rate sensor technology which is used worldwide for electronic stability control and rollover protection in passenger vehicles.
The first purpose built chess computer – Belle, was created by Ken Thompson and Joe Condon.
Pulse amplifier circuit board used in the DEC PDP-5 computer. The PDP-5 was Digital Equipment Corporation’s first 12-bit computer, introduced in 1963.
Asad Madni, development lead from the MEMS GyroChip® quartz rate sensor.
The Nao robot by Aldebaran Robotics.
The GR-1 is a general purpose humanoid robot that can be trained to perform tasks autonomously. The robot’s 44 joints allow it to perform very precise movements.
The G1 can walk at a top speed of 4mph, jump, and climb stairs. The joints in its legs, arms and torso enable movements with 23 degrees of freedom. The robot is designed to learn through imitation.
Eve is a humanoid robot capable of carrying 33 pounds and move at a top speed of 9mph via its motorized wheel base. Equipped with a wide array of camera and sensors, the robot can be used to perform tasks autonomously or be controlled by a remote human operator.
Neo is a a general purpose humanoid robot slated for use in the home. Weighing only 55 pounds the robot is covered in a jumpsuit with padding where a human’s muscles would be.
Mirokaï is a unique combination of animated character design and robotics. Equipped with a range of animated head movements and facial expressions, the robot is able to interact in a life-like manner. Opposable thumbs for grasping objects and use of a rolling globe instead of legs enables the robot to maneuver in tight spaces and any direction. Mirokaï is slated for service in healthcare and hospitality settings.
A humanoid robot designed for social interaction. Xoie is capable engaging people by autonomously conversing and chatting with them. The robot is currently serving the entertainment and fashion industries.
Cliff Skolnick at ApacheCon held in Las Vegas Nevada on September 9-11th, 2019.
Claus Ibsen – Open Source software developer.
The Taurus dexterous, tele-manipulation robot. Designed by SRI, the robot is used to remotely engage with improvised explosive devices.
The grasper of the Stretch RE1 mobile manipulator robot from Hello Robot, inc.
Roadrunner is a reusable aerial vehical designed to intercept missles or drones. Designed by defense technology upstart Andruil Indusries, the low cost subsonic vehical can take off and land vertically, and it explodes itself on impact.
Jon D. Paul is a electrical engineer, inventor, and restorer of vintage cipher machines including the Crypto Ag HX-63. He is also a member of the Association des Réservistes du Chiffre et de la Sécurité de l’Information (Association of Reservists of the Ciphers and Security of Information) and frequent contributor to museum exhibitions and technical conferences in France.
The Bivacor Artificial Heart.
Bivacor Artificial Heart
A Post-it note memorial for Steve Jobs erected at an Apple retail store near Jobs’s home in Palo Alto, California.
A Post-it note memorial for Steve Jobs erected at an Apple retail store near Jobs’s home in Palo Alto, California.
The Cerebras CS-2 AI computer.
The Cerebras CS-2 AI computer.
Conference badges hang from a steer head at cloud software startup Cloudability.
Daniel Timms – Inventor of the Bivacor Artificial Heart.
Bivacor Artificial Heart
A team of students at TreeHacks – a 36 hour hackathon held each year in Silicon Valley.
A student proudly displays his laptop at TreeHacks – a 36 hour hackathon competition held each year in Silicon Valley.
A student’s workstation at the TreeHacks – a 36 hour collegiate hackathon held each year in Silicon Valley.
A student prepares to use the 3D printers in the Product Realization Lab at Stanford University.
Employee desktop at cloud software startup Cloudability.
Lobby art installation at Adobe Systems in San Jose, California.
Employees walk between buildings at Google headquarters in Mountain View, California.
James H. Clark Center at Stanford University in Stanford, California.
A runner heads towards the giant radio telescope known simply as “The Dish” near Palo Alto, California.
The 150 foot reflector antenna known locally as “the dish” in the hills above Stanford University.
Visitors take photos of the sculptures outside Building 44 at Google headquarters in Mountain View, California. A new sculpture is added each time Google releases a version of its Android operating system.
Aerial view of Silicon Valley and San Jose during sunset.
Hangar One at Moffett Field Airforce base in Mountain View, California. The hangar was originally built in the 1930s as a naval airship station for the USS Macon.
The Apline Inn roadhouse in Portola Valley. Built in 1852, the roadhouse was the site from which the first message was sent across two networks using the “TCP” networking protocol.
A hacker examines the lego computer created by Sergey Brin and Larry Page (pictured) to power the first version of the Google search enigne while the two were students at Standford University.
Some of the 1,300 bicycles at Google’s sprawling campus in Mountain View California. Employees frequently use the bikes to travel between buildings which can sometimes be two miles apart.
An autographed wall poster of Hikaru Sulu from the television series Star Trek on a wall at Silicon Valley tech incubator 500 Startups.
Portion of the Digital DNA sculpture in Lytton Plaza, Palo Alto, California.
Gallium Nitride (GaN) Semiconductor containing hundred of power transistors.
Portions of the Digital DNA sculpture in Lytton Plaza, Palo Alto, California.
The autonomous Naio Oz farming assistant can perform a variety of tasks including crop seeding and weeding.
The empty cockpit of the Monarch autonomous tractor at a vineyard in California.
Carbon Robotics Laserweeder uses an array of 150W CO2 lasers to kill over 100,000 weeds per hour.
The Ted vineyard robot automates vine ground maintenance providing an alternative to the use of pesticides.
