How Olivetti Invented the World’s First Desktop Computer & Put the Soul in the Machine
Thu, Mar 11
|Zoom webinar
A talk by Dr. Arthur Molella (Smithsonian Institution). This lecture explores the associations between Italian entrepreneur Adriano Olivetti's ideology, his reinvention of the Olivetti company town of Ivrea in northern Italy & "Programma 101."
Time & Location
Mar 11, 2021, 5:00 p.m. PST
Zoom webinar
About the Event
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. lecture explores the associations between his ideology, his reinvention of the Olivetti company town of Ivrea in northern Italy & Programma 101.
THURSDAY, MARCH 11 @ 5:00 pm PST
Online event – in English – via Zoom
FREE ADMISSION for Members of the Dante Society of BC.
$5 fee for non-members