In 1936, Alan Turing developed the “Turing machine” -- what is now considered the first electronic digital computer. Virtually, anyone today who uses a keyboard, a word processing program, or a host of other software applications is using a computer that can trace its lineage back to the Turing machine. [More]

Delaware’s Secure Self Storage has announced that its Rehoboth Beach facility is now running entirely on solar power. The Delaware facility stopped using the local electric utility on July 7. Making a further commitment to relying on renewable energy sources, Secure Self Storage is also considering installing turbines to generate wind power at that site and at its Coney Island, New York facility. In addition, Secure is looking at the possibility of an ecofriendly green roof -- a roof that is entirely or partially covered with vegetation -- for its facilities. [More]