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Thursday, July 03, 2008
The Soul of an Old Machine
In 1822, Charles Babbage put pen to paper and drew the design of a "difference engine," the precursor to the computer, but he never actually built it. Now two of them exist. (Click on the last link to see a video of the difference engine in action.)
Yeah, I'm a science nerd. It's cool stuff.
Yeah, I'm a science nerd. It's cool stuff.
