Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin. Part II.
December 1st, 2009
“Zuse” Computing and Calculation. Konrad Zuse invented the world’s first computer - the ‘Z3′ - on Mai 12th, 1941 in Berlin Germany. “Because of his own lazyness”, as the german construction-engineer explained, he invented a machine which would cut tedious calculations short. Unfortunately the commercial success was not be his. In 1967 a court closed the case (26 years he tried to get the patent) substantiating that this invention was not worth a patent. Little did they know ….
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