UW alum invested first useful computer

Colleges & Universities University of Wisconsin
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<p>[Aiken</a>, The Computer Master - Yahoo! News](<a href=“http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20080717/bs_ibd_ibd/20080717lands]Aiken”>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20080717/bs_ibd_ibd/20080717lands)</p>

<p>Alums were also directly involved in developing the electronics that now power all electrical components. Won several Nobel prizes.</p>

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<p>I like the Freudian slip – “invested” for “invented”. I bet you spend a lot of time reading Barrons and those innumerable ibanking threads!</p>

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<p>Reading 'em? I try to frighten them away from IB as the source of most evil today. Typing is not my strength. That’s why I keep my posts short.</p>