Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Charles Babbage's 8,000 parts

Charles Babbage's  Difference Engine #2 has been built (see: 1849 calculating machine; it's like a 19th century hand-cranked computer...très sexi....)  

Wired offers us a little video about it here.

It's on display until May 2009 at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, about 45 minutes from San Francisco proper.

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