DocumentCode
802267
Title
The truth about Bender´s brain
Author
Cohen, David
Volume
46
Issue
5
fYear
2009
fDate
5/1/2009 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
24
Lastpage
25
Abstract
On 14 November 1999, an episode of "Futurama," the animated sci-fi comedy series conceived by "The Simpsons" creator Matt Groening, jolted computer geeks with a display of technological acumen absolutely unprecedented in prime-time entertainment. In the episode, "Fry and the Slurm Factory," a character named Professor Farnsworth points his F-ray at the head of the show\´s famously ill-tempered robot, Bender. It reveals a little rectangle, apparently a chip, labeled "6502."
Keywords
Animation; Assembly; Computer displays; Computer graphics; Educational institutions; Games; Magnetic heads; Microprocessors; Positron emission tomography; Robots;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Spectrum, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9235
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MSPEC.2009.4907379
Filename
4907379
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