Engineers working on the Harvard Mark II computer in 1947 found a moth jammed inside the machine’s relay hardware. They taped ...

A moth taped to a logbook page in 1947 became one of the most repeated origin stories in computing, and the physical evidence ...

In 1947, engineers stared at the room‑sized Harvard Mark II computer in frustration as it kept malfunctioning. They finally opened a panel and discovered a moth wedged inside an electromechanical ...

The New York Times article, “Hegseth Says Defense Department Will Cut Ties With Harvard,” spurred me to write this article. It has taken me over 50 years to figure out that I’m in the business of ...