Jun 23 2013
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From the abacus to the IBM personal computer, calculating devices have come a long way. Let's take a look through…
Nov 30 2012
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Charles Babbage's difference engine—the mechanical precursor to today's digital computers—is a beautifully intricate…
Jul 20 2009
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If Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace had managed to complete the Analytical Engine and usher in an age of Victorian…
Apr 18 2008
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The London Science Museum finally completed work on the Victorian era's greatest supercomputer, the Difference…
Feb 8 2006
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Nineteenth-century computer pioneer Charles Babbage is taken back—via Lego. Andy Carroll, an apparently…