Brits want to realize Babbage steam-powered machine for the first time
The collected in Great Britain a Campaign Sponsorship money to the "Analytical Engine"By Charles Babbage to construct a precursor of modern computers. Started the project of the bloggers and programmers John Graham-Cumming, Who is also author of the book "The Geek Atlas"Known. So far he has found supporters in 1600.
Babbage was on 18 Died in October 1871. The English mathematician and inventor developed the first programmable on paper, not electronic but mechanical computer. This steam-powered "Analytical Engine was never realized. Now they should first be established on the basis of Babbage's original plans operational.
The finished unit will be about the size of a truck, 30 feet long and 10 meters wide. The input is done via punch cards. "This is an inspiring device," Graham-Cumming justify his efforts. "A hundred years before it was ever computer, Babbage designed this machine."
Babbage's notebooks are in London Science Museum. An available on Youtube Video summarizes life and work are almost together.
A non-functional reconstruction of the "Analytical Engine" is in the London Science Museum.
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