The Centre for Computing History, based in Haverhill in Suffolk, does a fine job of collecting and curating the annals of the history of computing from Britain and abroad.

At the Gadget Show Live 2011 in Birmingham the centre has a large display of the last few decades of computers.

In our first-part video yesterday we looked through the 1980s and 1990s, and today we'll go even further back, into the 1960s and 1970s:

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The Centre for Computing History, based in Haverhill in Suffolk, does a fine job of collecting and curating the annals of the history of computing from Britain and abroad.

At the Gadget Show Live 2011 in Birmingham the centre has a large display of the last few decades of computers. Take a look at our video for a trip through the 1980s and 1990s. In tomorrow's video we'll go even further back, into the 1960s and 1970s.

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Researchers from the University of Warwick have been demonstrating a 'green' racing car made from recycled materials and which runs on bio-diesel made from chocolate waste products.

The Formula 3 car, named Worldf3rst, was built by scientists from the university's WMG spin-off (formerly Warwick Manufacturing Group). It's based on a car made by manufacturer Lola.

To see Ben Wood from the University of Warwick explain how the car was put together, see our video below. You can also see Dr Guy Barker speaking about the university's 'bio-reactor' which converts waste products into usable ones.

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Keyboard company Cherry is trumpeting its security credentials with the G83-14501 keyboard. Although it's not a new model, it does have the distinguishing feature of a fingerprint reader built-in.

The reader provides extra security: not just for password-replacement when logging in, but when using the computer as well. We spoke to Cherry's Robin Bithrey who told us why it's important:

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Sony has been showing off its newest products for 2011 at the Gadget Show Live 2011 in Birmingham.

One product on show is the N100, which is a media streaming device that can also show programmes from on-demand services such as the BBC iPlayer. To demonstrate the £100 player in action, Sony had it playing iPlayer programmes on the oldest TV it had, a 50-year-old CRT model which you can see in action in our picture above.

It was also demonstrating its 'premium' X50i iPod dock, a dual-lens 3D camcorder that records in the highest 1080p resolution, and another camcorder, pictured below, which has a built-in projector.

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Charger manufacturer iDapt has announced its latest multi-device charger at Gadget Show Live 2011.

The i2+ can charge various portable devices such as Apple's iPod, iPhone and iPad. It is also compatible with Nokia, Blackberry and Samsung mobile phones, HTC phones and the Nintendo DS.

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