The Raspberry Pi Foundation has this week announced the launch of a new platform specifically created for learning about computer science and taking the form of the aptly named Ada Computer Science.

This Thursday, Dec. 10, is the 200th birthday of Ada Lovelace, a pioneer in the discipline of computer science. Tutored from childhood in mathematics and logic, at 17 Lovelace was introduced to ...

From 1832, when she was 17, Ada’s remarkable mathematical abilities began to emerge, and her interest in mathematics dominated her life even after her marriage in 1835 to William King, 8th Baron King, ...

Curious Chip has unveiled a new Raspberry Pi powered computer system they have created called Ada, which has been specifically designed for curious and creative children to be able to easily design ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Someone encountering an “Analytical Engine” ...

Whether it’s an app, a software feature, or an interface element, programmers possess the magical ability to create something new out of virtually nothing. Just give them the hardware and a coding ...

Seen by some as the world's first programmer, Lovelace created technical notes for the Analytical Engine conceived by Charles Babbage. Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer and a ...

Google celebrated the 197th birthday of Ada Lovelace, oft dubbed the first computer programmer, in its Google Doodle on Monday. Lovelace is pictured in the search engine’s worldwide homepage logo, ...

What came first, the chicken or the egg? The computer or the computer program? If you happen to do anything other than sleep in a cave today, chances are you have Ada Lovelace to thank for it. She is ...

The first programmable computer—if it were built—would have been a gigantic, mechanical thing clunking along with gears and levers and punch cards. That was the vision for Analytical Engine devised by ...