Hewlett-Packard’s 7470A graphics pen plotter from 1982 sought a practical solution to a prominent printing challenge. Plotters had previously held the paper still while a mechanical arm drew an image. ...

The Monterey Bay Aquarium and the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute were two of Dave’s favorite philanthropic projects. Founded with the support the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Dave an ...

Hewlett-Packard celebrated the shipment of its first products to use Precision Architecture (Hewlett-Packard’s proprietary reduced instruction set computing technology) with its typical exuberance. Mo ...

Hewlett-Packard continued to push the boundaries of portable computing in the 1980s. The HP 94 Handheld Computer featured an alphabetic keyboard, headphone jack, serial interface and barcode interface ...

In April 1981, the space shuttle Columbia launched with two HP 41C calculators aboard, which would assist the spacecraft for its return to earth. NASA subjected each device to rigorous testing, puttin ...

Ahead of Hewlett-Packard’s 50th anniversary, the company’s early leaders reflected on HP’s past in an exclusive interview. Hear more from Bill, Dave, Lucile Packard and Norm Neely.

Hewlett-Packard always utilized cutting-edge production methods. By 1983, robots were relied upon to manage materials and perform operations too precise for human hands.

By the time Hewlett-Packard issued this pin commemorating the ten-year anniversary of the HP 35, the device had transformed the company — and the tech industry.

Manager Harry Portwood found that HP’s emphasis on respect for the individual created an environment that was especially conducive to minority success: “I’ve been impressed with HP’s focus on people. ...

With its alphanumeric LCD screen and programming ease, the HP 41 was the right tool for all kinds of jobs. An ad for this calculator noted that “even people who know computers find it hard to believe ...