The Wright brothers’ 1903 invention enabled faster travel, shrinking distances and making the world more connected. Discovered by Alexander Fleming in 1928, penicillin became the first antibiotic, ...

The personal computer, or PC, revolutionised the world ... Hands down, the best modern invention. Alejo Rodriguez Lo, Videographer The invention of the internet has got to be the greatest of ...

long before most of the technologies necessary to build it were even invented. That design was the Dynabook, and its author was computer scientist Alan Kay. Its intended audience was children.

Computer pioneer Fernando Corbato, who first used passwords to protect user accounts, has died aged 93. Dr Corbato introduced the basic security measure while developing methods that let more ...