The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage

The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage is a steam punk webcomic, and now a book, by Sydney Padua. It tells the story of our heroes Ada Lovelace and Charles Babbage who actually do "build the Difference Engine and use it to create runaway economic models, battle the scourge of spelling errors, explore the wider realms of mathematics and, of course, fight crime." Ok its clearly taking liberties with the historical facts (if you want that story read chapter 2 of my book The Universal Machine), but its great to see such interesting characters in the early history of computing entering the realm of popular culture  - perhaps Alan Turing next codebreaker and crime fighter!
[Forgot to mention theres also a free iPad app]

from The Universal Machine http://universal-machine.blogspot.com/

Put the internet to work for you.

Delete or edit this Recipe

Recommended for you

Read More..

Vote for Lovelace Babbage at LEGO Ideas

If you are a regular reader of this blog youll know that Im a big fan of Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace. Consequently Id be certain to want a set of these Lovelace & Babbage Lego bricks should they ever be made. They would be a  fanciful and historical collection of bricks that pay homage to the Victorian roots of the computer age. The set would let you build a lego steam punk analytical engine within which you could embed a Raspberry Pi or similar mini-computer board. You can find out more on the Lego Ideas website.

from The Universal Machine http://universal-machine.blogspot.com/

Put the internet to work for you.

Turn off or edit this Recipe

Recommended for you

Read More..