difference engine in photos
Photos: Tomorrow's tech showcased by inventors
Photo The company claims the system is up to 800-times quieter than current underwater data transfer methods, which it said can generate the same amount of noise as a jet engine and can disorientate sea creatures. [18 Sep 2008]
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Photo Charles Babbage's Difference Engine number 2 is making its US debut at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. Each ambulance has a Mercedes Benz engine and costs about... [30 May 2008]
Photos: Babbage's Difference masterpiece in action
Photo Charles Babbage's Difference Engine number 2 is making its US debut at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. A forward-thinking mathematician and engineer, Babbage designed the... [12 May 2008]
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Photo Pictured above is the counting mechanism of the Difference engine - in perfect symmetry prior to its first-ever usage. Tech millionaire Nathan Myhrvold commissioned London's Science Museum to make him a... [29 Apr 2008]
Photos: Charles Babbage's masterpiece reincarnated
Photo Tech millionaire Nathan Myhrvold commissioned London's Science Museum to make him a version of Charles Babbage's famous Difference engine, a machine designed to mechanically calculate polynomial functions. [10 Apr 2008]
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