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Explore the evolution of modern mobile technology through key artifacts like the CASIO QV-100 camera, HTC Dream smartphone, and Garmin eTrex GPS. These devices, from pioneering digital photography to early smartphone innovations and GPS functionalities, have collectively shaped today's versatile mobile devices, illustrating how technological advancements continue to redefine our daily experiences.

A 1986 Engineering Education Research Centre (EERC) News issue included some interesting results of a survey taken by engineering undergraduates on their use of personal computers. 

On Tuesday, June 18 2024, the Computer Museum hosted a Hardware Day featuring the PDP-11/04, WatCOW, and a variety of portable computers.

This past weekend, the University of Waterloo celebrated its annual Alumni Reunion Event. The Computer Museum welcomed visitors on the morning of June 1^st and presented an exhibit of artifacts in the M3 atrium in the afternoon.

On May 15, 2024, Scott gave a brief history lesson of computing to the Seeing Possibilities and Rewards in Computer Science (SPARCS) visitors.

The process of learning BASIC and seeing the possible outcomes.

ALEX was an early videotex communications service released to the public in 1988. It included a CRT monitor attached to a keyboard with eight extra function keys, and a phone.

Students had access to systems, like the System/360 75, that could compile, read, and interpret their work. This program was coined Cafeteria Style Computing

There are ten Apple II models that have been officially released by Apple, and around two hundred copies.

Computer science comics that were found while cataloguing.