Alan Turing wins an Oscar

Well... the movie The Imitation Game won an Oscar yesterday for best adapted screen play by Graham Moore. If you havent seen the movie I strongly recommend it to you, its excellent Graham Moore gave a moving acceptance speech that I think Alan Turing would have appreciated.


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Alan Turings manuscript sells for 1 025 000

The auction house Bonhams in New York have just sold a handwritten scientific document written by Alan Turing, in which he worked on the foundations of mathematical notation and computer science, for $1,025,000. Before the auction Bonhams described the document as "Made up of 56 pages contained in a simple notebook bought from a stationers in Cambridge, UK, it is almost certainly the only extensive autograph manuscript by Turing in existence, and has never been seen in public. From internal evidence, it dates from 1942 when he was working at Bletchley Park to break the German Enigma Code, and provides remarkable insight into the thought process of a genius."

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Apple is building a car

The Guardian revealed last week that Apple is looking for a secure vehicle test track facility near SiliconValley. Therefore confirming the rumours that Apple is working on building a self-driving car. However, an article in The Verge warns Apple fans not to hold their breath. The development cycl e time from concept to production, for established car manufacturers, is in excess of 5 years. Apple has no experience in this market and consequently may be expected to take longer. Of course this may be like Apple Maps where Apple belatedly realised they strategically couldnt gift location support to Google and their established mapping product. Google, of course, has been developing driverless cars for ages. Apple has perhaps realised it cant leave this market segment to Google or risk just partnering with one car manufacturer.

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Alan Turing infographic

Steve Ollington and the Manchester Jurys Inn,  have created an online infographic thats a mini-tutorial on Turings life and work. Steve write, the Jurys Inn: "...recognise his [Alan Turings] importance as key figure in British History and a national treasure, and they liked the thought of providing a memorial that would engage, teach and honour a great figure, especially one who is such a local hero."
   Their infographic succinctly (and attractively) sums up many of the key points of Turings story and is a great point of access for those who are just learning about the man and his place in history. Its reproduced below, and you can visit it on the Jurys Inn site here. [This was brought to my attention by the Turing Centenary blog]

Alan Turing of Manchester, by Jurys Inn Manchester Hotel



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