Can Computers Be Considered Educational Toys

The best in educational toys during the 1980s was surely the personal computer. Probably not known to most parents at the time, personal computers were poised to completely take over the world in another ten years, and having one in the house could give one’s child a headstart on the brave new world of tomorrow. [...]

Science Fiction versus Science Fact

It’s interesting to watch old science fiction movies and compare the technology onscreen with current state-of-the-art technology in real life. For example, isn’t it funny that the world of interplanetary travel depicted in Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey” should not have thought of cell phones and invented them – though in fact, such devices [...]