<![CDATA[io9: Difference Engine]]> http://cache.io9.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png <![CDATA[io9: Difference Engine]]> http://io9.com/tag/difference engine http://io9.com/tag/difference engine <![CDATA[Babbage and Lovelace Fight Crime with the Power of Math]]>
If Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace had managed to complete the Analytical Engine and usher in an age of Victorian computing, what would they do next? According to one comic, the obvious answer is: team up and fight crime. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5318694&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The Victorian-Era Supercomputer And The Genius Who Created It]]> The London Science Museum finally completed work on the Victorian era's greatest supercomputer, the Difference Engine No. 2, 120 years after the death of inventor Charles Babbage. This five-ton machine is currently traveling across the pond to San Francisco, and will go on display in America for the first time starting May 10th at the Computer History Museum. Find out everything you wanted to know about Charles Babbage and his wonderful engines in today's triviagasm. More »
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