Back in the 1960s, the electronic calculator kicked off a tech revolution that's been growing

ever since.

Think of it as the starting point for computers as we know them today.

Over the years, especially recently, we've seen some jaw-dropping advances in how we handle

information.

Stuff that used to sound like sci-fi, like super smart machines or tiny devices that do big things,

has actually become true.

Our gadgets have shrunken size, but have grown in what they can do,

and the old-school computers we're used to have gotten way faster and more powerful due to something known as Moore's Law.

Moore's Law is the observation that the number of transistors on a microchip doubles roughly every two years,

leading to exponential increases in computing power and efficiency.

This happens because engineers shrink transistor sizes, allowing more to fit on a chip,

improving performance, and reducing costs. The trend has driven technological advancements since the 1960s,

though challenges like physical limits and heat dissipation sometimes can slow progress. However,

as we will see, many of these limits are being overcome.

Now we're going to step into something even bigger called quantum computing. This isn't just an upgrade to the computers that we've had. It's a whole new landscape.

Imagine it like switching from a horse and buggy to a rocket ship.

Quantum computing uses some mind-bending science.

Don't worry, we're not going to get too lost in the details.

It's about tiny particles acting weird in super fast ways. And this is used to process information at speeds we could barely dream of before.

Experts say it's going to turbocharge things like artificial intelligence,

just think of computers that act almost human,

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