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British Researchers Set Out to Build Charles Babbage's Steam Computer
- jgrahamc 15y agoThat isn't the best article on the topic. John Markoff who actually interviewed me did two pieces. The first is a detailed article: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/08/science/computer-experts-building-1830s-babbage-analytical-engine.html http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/08/science/computer-experts-b... The second a wonderful annotated plan: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/11/07/science/before-its-time-machine.html?ref=science http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/11/07/science/before... For people interested there's the official web site: http://plan28.org/ http://plan28.org/ and I did a reddit IAmA on the project last year: http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/dr6yk/im_the_guy_behind_plan_28_the_project_to_build/ http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/dr6yk/im_the_guy_behin... And if that's not enough. Listen to today's "World Update" from the BBC World Service: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00lf05y http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00lf05y I'm talking at about 38 minutes in.
- JonnieCache 15y agoThat diagram is particularly cool.