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Ever heard of Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine? Maybe not, because he never built it. It was the first design for a mechanical computer, he came up with it in 1837!
The engine was designed to be the size of a bus and build out of brass cogs etc. Some parts have been built over the years like this:
Anyway, plans are afoot to actually build the thing.
Check out http://plan28.org/
The idea is if they can get enough people on board they can start putting plans in motion. You don't have to donate, just pledge $10 / £10 whatever, put down your name and if they get 50,000 people it will be go.
I reckon this is a kick-arse project, you know how I like retro-mods, well I reckon this is about the ultimate
For more info check the beeb
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11530905
"It might seem a folly to want to build a gigantic, relatively puny computer at great expense 170 years after its invention. But the message of a completed Analytical Engine is very clear: it's possible to be 100 years ahead of your own time. With support, this type of "blue skies" thinking can result in fantastic changes to the lives of everyone. Just think of the impact of the computer and ask yourself how different the Victorian world would have been with Babbage Engines at its disposal."
The engine was designed to be the size of a bus and build out of brass cogs etc. Some parts have been built over the years like this:
Anyway, plans are afoot to actually build the thing.
Check out http://plan28.org/
The idea is if they can get enough people on board they can start putting plans in motion. You don't have to donate, just pledge $10 / £10 whatever, put down your name and if they get 50,000 people it will be go.
I reckon this is a kick-arse project, you know how I like retro-mods, well I reckon this is about the ultimate
For more info check the beeb
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11530905
"It might seem a folly to want to build a gigantic, relatively puny computer at great expense 170 years after its invention. But the message of a completed Analytical Engine is very clear: it's possible to be 100 years ahead of your own time. With support, this type of "blue skies" thinking can result in fantastic changes to the lives of everyone. Just think of the impact of the computer and ask yourself how different the Victorian world would have been with Babbage Engines at its disposal."
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