16 Oct
2015
16 Oct
'15
3:26 p.m.
NY's Metropolitan Transit Authority -- the people who runs the subways, trains, and buses -- hired a tour guide for Grand Central Station who's saying that the terminal's circa-1913 electromechanical signaling system is "the first electronic computer". Who was the chief engineer, Shiva Ayyadurai? This story is very unfortunately in Gothamist -- a very popular NYC site. I shudder to think how many people now accept it as fact. http://gothamist.com/2015/10/15/grand_central_computer_video.php#photo-7