Nearly 20 years before the emergence of video games on slot machines, an unusual electronic device featuring a brightly lit scoreboard was exhibited at the Canadian National Exhibition. The scoreboard displayed the words "computer brain" and "human brain."
Nearly 20 years before the emergence of video games on slot machines, an unusual electronic device featuring a brightly lit scoreboard was exhibited at the Canadian National Exhibition. The scoreboard displayed the words "computer brain" and "human brain."
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“Bertie the Brain” was a 4-meter-tall machine that played tic-tac-toe, positioned among the latest televisions and radios in the Rogers Majestic exhibit in 1952.
“Bertie the Brain” was a 4-meter-tall machine that played tic-tac-toe, positioned among the latest televisions and radios in the Rogers Majestic exhibit in 1952.
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Bertie was a remarkable milestone in the development of computers and one of the first games of its kind in the world.
Bertie was a remarkable milestone in the development of computers and one of the first games of its kind in the world.
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Its inventor, Dr. Josef Kates, was a child survivor of the Nazis and an optician’s apprentice, interned during WWII in Canada.
Its inventor, Dr. Josef Kates, was a child survivor of the Nazis and an optician’s apprentice, interned during WWII in Canada.
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After being offered work with Imperial Optical in Toronto, Kates rose to prominence in the precision department, where he developed ideas that led to his work on radar tubes.
After being offered work with Imperial Optical in Toronto, Kates rose to prominence in the precision department, where he developed ideas that led to his work on radar tubes.
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He worked on the research lab at Rogers Majestic and developed one of the world’s first working computers at U of T.
He worked on the research lab at Rogers Majestic and developed one of the world’s first working computers at U of T.
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Kates built Bertie to show off the potential of the miniature vacuum tubes of his own design called Additron.
Kates built Bertie to show off the potential of the miniature vacuum tubes of his own design called Additron.
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Bertie was notoriously hard to beat, and Kates sat with the machine, watching his invention make strategic decisions in mere fractions of a second.
Bertie was notoriously hard to beat, and Kates sat with the machine, watching his invention make strategic decisions in mere fractions of a second.
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Comedian Danny Kaye took on Bertie in front of a LIFE magazine photographer and won, after the difficulty was reduced several times.
Comedian Danny Kaye took on Bertie in front of a LIFE magazine photographer and won, after the difficulty was reduced several times.