Contribution to Book
The Automatic Identification Trajectory
Faculty of Informatics - Papers (Archive)
RIS ID
7854
Publication Date
1-1-2003
Publication Details
This case study was originally published as Michael, K, The Automatic Identification Trajectory, in Lawrence, E, Lawrence, J, Newton, S, Dann, S, Corbitt, B & Thanasankit, T (eds), Internet Commerce: Digital Models for Business, John Wiley & Sons, Australia, 2003, pp. 131-134.
Abstract
The top-secret ENIAC project, at the Moore School of Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania, was first made known to the public in February 1946. Reporters used 'anthropomorphic' and 'awesome characterisations' to describe the computer. In an article entitled 'The myth of the awesome thinking machine', Martin stated that the ENIAC was referred to in headlines as 'a child, a Frankenstein, a whiz kid, a predictor and controller of weather, and a wizard'.
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Citation Information
Katina Michael. "The Automatic Identification Trajectory" (2003) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/kmichael/107/