Want to try your hand on an IBM punch card machine? Punched cards were widely used through much of the 20th century in the data processing industry, where specialized and increasingly complex unit record machines, organized into semiautomatic data processing systems, used punched cards for data input, output, and storage. Critical record keeping was done on punch cards across many industries and dropping a stack of cards was a disaster. Come learn more about how this machine was used and punch your own souvenir card to take home during the demo from 2-4PM!
Stop by CMoA today and meet Aibo, a companion robot dog with advanced artificial intelligence (AI). Between 1-3PM, a Museum volunteer will demonstrate Aibo’s tricks and ability to follow commands. Learn more about AI including its history, where it is used today, and where it is going in the future.
Punched cards were widely used throughout much of the 20th century in various industries for record keeping and data processing. Machines used punched cards for data input, output, and storage. Come learn more about how punched card machines were used and punch your own souvenir card on an original IBM 29 to take home during the demo, this Saturday from 2PM – 4PM!
Computer Museum of America (CMoA) is thrilled to be a participating member of the SWAPtember program in metro Atlanta this year. Swap the savings during the annual SWAPtember event at 22 metro Atlanta attractions! Show your Computer Museum of America (CMoA) membership card when you visit these participating Atlanta attractions from September 1-30, 2022, and receive $10 off a membership purchase.
Several organizations are offering additional discounts on general admission during the month-long savings event. For full offer details, visit the participating attraction’s website. Members from the other participating venues will receive $5 off admission at CMoA during the month of September.
Want to try out a vintage typewriter and get a sense of what keyboards were like before computer keyboards? Can you type on a manual typewriter faster than you can tap out a message on your device? Experience how the keyboards felt and sounded before the machine was ever connected to electricity. See if you can identify some common keys on keyboards of today that were not on earlier models. Visit Computer Museum of America on Wednesday, November 23rd and Friday, November 25th from 1 – 3 PM and try out a few units and meet typewriter subject matter expert Tom Rehkopf.
Free with museum admission.
Want to try out a vintage typewriter and get a sense of what keyboards were like before computer keyboards? Can you type on a manual typewriter faster than you can tap out a message on your device? Experience how the keyboards felt and sounded before the machine was ever connected to electricity. See if you can identify some common keys on keyboards of today that were not on earlier models. Visit Computer Museum of America on Wednesday, November 23rd and Friday, November 25th from 1 – 3 PM and try out a few units and meet typewriter subject matter expert Tom Rehkopf.
Free with museum admission.
Do you know a curious kid? You know, the one that always asks the why? what? and how? behind everyday things. SciTech Saturdays are here to satisfy some of their curiosity.
In honor of the recent successful Artemis I mission as well as to celebrate the Lunar New Year, kids will learn about the phases of the moon. With this edible activity, children will see the moon in different phases and discuss this monthly phenomenon with CMoA’s Education and Public Programs Manager. This workshop is geared to ages 5-12. Parents should plan to join in the fun.
Workshops begin at 11AM and have limited seating.
Free with museum admission.
Writers and Their Typewriters
Ever wonder what it would be like to write on the same model typewriter Hemingway used? Long before Microsoft Word became the tool of choice for writers, the typewriter was a unique middle ground between the intimacy of handwriting and the speed and efficiency of the computer. Novelist Will Self said, “I think the computer user does their thinking on the screen, but the typewriter user is compelled to do much more thinking in the head.”
Typewriter Tom returns to CMOA on January 28 with a unique collection of the exact typewriter models used by many famous authors. From Mark Twain’s Remington #6 to Cormac McCarthy’s $254,000 Olivetti Lettera 32, this is your chance to try them out. Start your next 300-page novel! Channel your inner Hemingway! Use two spaces!
Free with museum admission.
Writers and Their Typewriters
Ever wonder what it would be like to write on the same model typewriter Hemingway used? Long before Microsoft Word became the tool of choice for writers, the typewriter was a unique middle ground between the intimacy of handwriting and the speed and efficiency of the computer. Novelist Will Self said, “I think the computer user does their thinking on the screen, but the typewriter user is compelled to do much more thinking in the head.”
Typewriter Tom returns to CMOA on January 28 with a unique collection of the exact typewriter models used by many famous authors. From Mark Twain’s Remington #6 to Cormac McCarthy’s $254,000 Olivetti Lettera 32, this is your chance to try them out. Start your next 300-page novel! Channel your inner Hemingway! Use two spaces!
Free with museum admission.
Do you know a curious kid? You know, the one that always asks the why? what? and how? behind everyday things. SciTech Saturdays are here to satisfy some of their curiosity.
Join CMoA’s Education and Public Programs Manager to discuss and build Homopolar Motors. This topic and activity is for children 12 and older. See electromagnetic forces in action! Parents should plan to join in the fun.
Workshops begin at 11AM and have limited seating.
Free with museum admission.
Talking Tech at CMoA is a presenter series for all ages. From 15 to 105, you will enjoy a wide array of topics in Tech happening today from industry insiders.
At 2:00PM, NASA Ambassador, Steve Jones will share information about the Artemis missions and other upcoming projects from NASA. Steve, a physics teacher at Innovation Academy in Alpharetta, participates in year-round training to share with the public the latest news from NASA. Whether you’re a space ‘junkie’, a student interested in aerospace careers, or an armchair scientist, this presentation is for you!
Free for members or with museum admission.
Hollywood Type: Typewriters in the MoviesComputers may have taken over the movie production chores, but there are still plenty of starring roles for the iconic typewriter. Whether co-starring with Tom Hanks or solving mysteries with Jessica Fletcher, the typewriter has played a key role in the Hollywood scene, and movie-making is on the rise in Georgia.Typewriter Tom returns to CMoA on March 4-5 from 12 – 4 PM with a unique collection of typewriters used in the movies, including some just back from recent production shoots in Georgia. This is your chance to experience the movie scene and practice your best actor impersonations, whether sitting at an Adler (Jack Nicholson in “The Shining”) or Underwood #5 (Morgan Freeman in “The Magic of Belle Isle”), as well as many others. Who knows, this could be the big break you have been waiting for…Free with museum membership or admission.
Hollywood Type: Typewriters in the MoviesComputers may have taken over the movie production chores, but there are still plenty of starring roles for the iconic typewriter. Whether co-starring with Tom Hanks or solving mysteries with Jessica Fletcher, the typewriter has played a key role in the Hollywood scene, and movie-making is on the rise in Georgia.Typewriter Tom returns to CMoA on March 4-5 from 12 – 4 PM with a unique collection of typewriters used in the movies, including some just back from recent production shoots in Georgia. This is your chance to experience the movie scene and practice your best actor impersonations, whether sitting at an Adler (Jack Nicholson in “The Shining”) or Underwood #5 (Morgan Freeman in “The Magic of Belle Isle”), as well as many others. Who knows, this could be the big break you have been waiting for…Free with museum membership or admission.
The museum will be closed on Thursday, March 9th in order to prepare for BYTE: An Evening of Cuisine, Cocktails, and Computers.
Do you know a curious kid? You know, the one that always asks the why? what? and how? behind everyday things. SciTech Saturdays are here to satisfy some of their curiosity.
In honor of Pi Day on 3-14, make a Pi bracelet to remember the digits of Pi out to 20 places. This activity with CMoA’s Education and Public Programs Manager is sure to be educational (shhhh) and fun! All ages are welcome. Parents should plan to join in the fun.
Workshops begin at 11AM and have limited seating.
Free with museum admission.
In our National Science Foundation supported research, “Participatory Sensemaking in Embodied Co-Creative Agents”, collaborators from Georgia Tech and Kennesaw State University analyze a dancer’s sensemaking process in an improvisatory dance setting.
This research shines a light on the nuanced and intuitive decisions involved in co-creative dance exchanges. Through this research, we aim to impart invaluable information to design a co-creative artificial intelligence tool to improvise with dancers, while also gaining new perspectives to recognize the deep value of our embodied choices. In this talk, participants will learn about the research taking place between our team of scientists and dance experts and discuss the limitless applications of dance and technology in the realms of learning, training, and creativity.