When the German computer pioneer Konrad Zuse built the world’s first programmable computer in war time Berlin, it performed floating point arithmetic at a clock speed of between 5 and 10 Hz. The ...

The new season comes at a turning point for “Sesame Street,” arriving weeks ... as mecha versions of themselves really allowed us to play with them in a much different sandbox.” ...

So, when he came to visit over the holidays, we decided to take him to Sesame Place San Diego to meet his idol and the rest of the Sesame Street gang. It was such a fun day for all of us.

I mention the Simputer now because I’m reminded of it looking at a brand new modular handheld computer set to debut on Kickstarter soon - the Mecha Comet is a portable Linux device aimed at ...