Electronic brain and mechanical arm
General
Description
Originally broadcast as a segment of the television program Johns Hopkins science review on January 20, 1954 from the studios of WAAM in Baltimore, Md. Black and white. Lynn Poole, producer; Kennard Calfee, Herbert B. Cahan, directors; Ted Jaffee, narrator; produced by WAAM television station in Baltimore, Md. for the Dumont Network. Lynn Poole, Cuthbert C. Hurd, Ted Baum, presenters. Digitized in 2004.
Abstract
Dr. Cuthbert C. Hurd of IBM describes how the 701 computer can solve a complex physics problem as well as translate Russian to English in a fraction of the time a person could perform these tasks. On film from General Electric Labs in New York, Ted Baum explains the development, design features, operation, and uses of the mechanical arm.
Title Language
Dates
Date Published
1954-01-20
Publisher
Digital Publisher
Language
Identifiers
OCLC Number
54427658
Collection Number
COLL-0008
Resources
Resource Type
Moving Image
Extent
00:28:50hh:mm:ss
Contributor
Broadcaster (brd): Du Mont Television Network
Director (drt): Cahan, Herbert B.
Director (drt): Calfee, Kennard
Narrator (nrt): Jaffee, Ted
Production personnel (prd): Baum, Ted
Production personnel (prd): Hurd, Cuthbert Corwin, 1911-1996
Production personnel (prd): Poole, Lynn
Producer (pro): Poole, Lynn
Producer (pro): WAAM (Television station : Baltimore, Md.)
Copyright and Use
Copyright and Use
Copyright Not Evaluated
System
Access Rights
Public digital access
Model
Video
Unique ID
cbf1717e-ff58-4462-9afe-6e579cb635dd