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Dr Who – 50th Anniversary Doodle
It seems there are a number of things to commemorate around this time. Not only the 10 years of England winning the rugby world cup but also 50 years of Dr Who. I watched the… Read More »Dr Who – 50th Anniversary Doodle
Neuromancer – Japanese words…
This is a reblog/translation of a post by Héctor García… During the 80s in the United States, Japan was started to be seen as the inevitable first economic power of the world. It went from… Read More »Neuromancer – Japanese words…
Happy 306th birthday Euler!
In celebration of the Euler’s birthday, Google has created a doodle today. The doodle includes: The formula for the Euler characteristic, , which relates the number of vertices, edges and faces of a spherical polyhedron… Read More »Happy 306th birthday Euler!
Turing’s Universal Machine is voted the best British innovation
Turing’s Universal Machine is voted the best British innovation The theoretical “Universal Machine” proposed by Turing in the 1930s has been voted the greatest British innovation from the past 100 years in an online poll… Read More »Turing’s Universal Machine is voted the best British innovation
The Babbage Difference Engine – Sci-Advent – Day 3
In 1849, British inventor Charles Babbage completed designs for a difference engine, a very early mechanical computer. Due to cost and complexity the machine was never built in his lifetime and for 150 years nobody knew… Read More »The Babbage Difference Engine – Sci-Advent – Day 3
Skylon – Sci-advent – Day 2
The image shows the flow of hot air passing through the piping in a cooler for a new engine that is able to lower the temperature of the air lower than -140C in just… Read More »Skylon – Sci-advent – Day 2
Rocknest – Sci-advent – Day 1
In the tradition of Advent Calendars, I will be posting some science related entries from today up until Dec 24th… So, here’s the first entry: Panoramic View From ‘Rocknest’ Position of Curiosity Mars Rover… Read More »Rocknest – Sci-advent – Day 1
The Harwell Dekatron is alive… alive!
If you happen to have a chance to visit Bletchley Park do not miss the opportunity to visit the National Museum of Computing where you will be able to see a large collection of computers… Read More »The Harwell Dekatron is alive… alive!