The Rise of Computing: Ford's Folly

In the early 20th century, Henry Ford, the king of cars, decided that his next big venture would be... a calculator.

He built a massive factory in Detroit, filled with rows of calculators that could add, subtract, multiply, and divide with the speed of his assembly line.

The calculators were a huge success, but not just for their math abilities. People loved how they looked, all shiny and boxy, like a sleek new car.

Little did they know, this was just the beginning of the computing revolution.

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