Bose has meticulously presented a fold-flat design which soothed us to fold it whenever a thought to take a break from listening crossed our mind. A bit to dismay, the pair of headphones doesn’t integrate noise canceling feature. But it does provide a sealed fit and blocks out ambient noise to leak through, something music enthusiasts have to appreciate about. The Bose AE2 is surpassingly comfortable with Bose’s plush, black earpads made of leather.”We think of portable computers today as laptops. But the Osborne One was about the size of a sewing machine and weighed twenty-four pounds. So, just being able to pick one of those up will help our visitors understand how difficult portability was about thirty years ago.”Visitors to the Computer History Museum can also see parts of one of the earliest large-scale electronic computing devices. The ENIAC or Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer was designed during World War Two.

Headphones, like condoms, are a subjective experience, the best fit being found in the wearing. The Bose QuietComfort 3 Noise Cancelling Headphones are available for $349, but the purchase is a 30 day money-back, no restocking fee, no questions asked policy.There are also pieces from the guidance computer that was used during the Apollo space missions.Mr. Bochannek says the “Revolution” exhibit is about more than the history of modern computing. He says it tells a much larger story about how these developments have affected society and culture, especially in recent years.The revolution to most people is that computers today are ubiquitous. They’re everywhere. If you are crossing at a traffic light, there probably is a computer controlling that traffic light. It’s not just the laptop or your smartphone that has a computer in it, but they surround us, and in some cases are even inside us. Like the cardiac pacemaker, one of which we show on the exhibition as well.”  Read more...