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The Dante Alighieri Society of BC sent me a notice of two upcoming March 2021 events being conducted in English.

The Olivetti story

From the March 9, 2021 Dante Alighieri Society of BC notice,

How Olivetti
Invented the
World’s First
Desktop Computer
& Put the Soul in
the Machine

A talk by Dr. Arthur Molella
(Smithsonian Institution)

Thursday, March 11, 5:00 p.m. PST

Zoom webinar – in English

FREE ADMISSION FOR DANTE SOCIETY’S MEMBERS

$5 FEE FOR NON-MEMBERS

Make your e-transfer to info@dantesocietybc.ca

Thank you!

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This lecture explores the associations between Italian entrepreneur Adriano Olivetti’s ideology, his reinvention of the Olivetti company town Ivrea & Programma 101.

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Italian company Olivetti invented the world’s first desktop computer – Programma 101 – in 1965, well ahead of major computer companies!
The revolutionary little machine was the product of a sweeping utopian project of company president Adriano Olivetti, who aimed to transform the relationship between technology, art, society & the human spirit.
Dr. Arthur Molella was the founding director, now emeritus, of the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention & Innovation at the National Museum of American History. He received his PhD in the History of Science from Cornell University.
He teaches in Johns Hopkins University’s department of the History of Science & Technology and in its online Masters in Museum Studies program.

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