Welcome to TechWorks!
where you can explore
HOW things work & WHY it matters
WHY TECHWORKS! ?
Because tech stuff is cooler than regular stuff. TechWorks! is a Center initiative that showcases central New York State technology in action. TechWorks! is developing from the inside out - first ideas, then artifacts and events, in preparation for a world-class visitor destination where regional innovations past and present can inspire the future.
At TechWorks!, celebrate regional ingenuity by flying Link pilot trainers and a Lockheed Martin helicopter trainer, viewing 3D images using a century of different technologies, playing a Link Nickelodeon, plus operating 1960s computer equipment built at IBM Plant # 1 in Endicott, NY.
People & Artifacts in Action
TechWorks! is open for small group tours by advance reservation. To arrange a guided tour call 607-723-8600 or email info@ctandi.org TechWorks! is geared for teens & adults. Younger children - please bring your parents with you.
Staff are available by email, onsite most mornings. Link Team works Tues/Thurs mornings. IBM Team works Wed evenings.
Featured Collections
Explore our hands-on exhibits and interactive displays
Vintage IBM Computing Center
Discover some of the mid-20th century IBM mainframes and how they were brought back to working order. Watch demos of IBM 1401 and IBM 1440s systems in operation, and operate selected machines yourself —- printing 1960s-style selfies & banners in your own words.
Aviation and Space Exploration
If recruited evenly from across the US, Central NYS would have half an astronaut instead of four - Dan Bursch, Eileen Collins, Doug Hurley, and Doug Wheelock. NASA crews and ground teams trained in Full Mission Simulators, built by GP-Link in Binghamton.
Get Involved
Learn more about TechWorks! and support our mission
In fond memory of Bob Newhart (9 Sept 1929 - 18 July 2024), check out his comedy sketch with Herman Hollerith. Herman Hollerith pitches invention of punch card to Acme Newhart Developers - 1970, written by Bob LeBlanc & Ezra Stone
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Email info@ctandi.org to buy book by Frank Hughes, TechWorks! Board member & retired NASA Chief of Space Flight Training.
Explore More
Discover exhibits, volunteer opportunities, and archived resources
Explore Collections
Dive into the wide range of equipment and ideas that TechWorks! has to offer.
Volunteer Opportunities
Share your talent, your time, and/or your resources to inspire the next generation of problem solvers and inventors!
Here BU Watson Capstone teams celebrate success with former IEEE president Emerson Pugh, IBM Fellow Don Seraphim, Lockheed Martin Fellow Tommy Lam, and project advisor Art Law, BU Watson, ret. Lockheed Martin
Research Archives
The Center's archive holds equipment manuals, technical reports, design documents, professional journals, vintage photographic images and film footage, oral history recordings, artwork, player piano rolls, other multimedia.
321 Water St. Binghamton, NY 13901
607-723-8600 {' '} info@ctandi.org