Computing used to run on punch cards. Great stacks of cards would run middling programs, with data output onto more punched cards in turn. [Nii] has built a machine in this vein, capable of punching ...

As soon as [pashiran] laid eyes on his first hand-cranked music box, he knew he was in love. Then, he started punching the holes for his first ditty. As the repetitive stress of punching heated up his ...

In the 1970s, punch cards were used to run programs on room-sized computers. Credit: Madeleine Monroe/C&EN/Shutterstock Imagine a world without technology—no ...