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It's Time To Build the Analytical Engine

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the future-is-awhile-ago dept.

macslocum writes "John Graham-Cumming is launching a project to finish Charles Babbage's dream and build an Analytical Engine for public display. The goal: inspire future generations of scientists to work on their own 100-year leaps."

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  1. wow by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    maybe it's time to fix some problems instead of pissing into the wind

  2. Sounds great by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    The goal: inspire future generations of scientists to work on their own 100-year leaps.

    So, make an impractical device which will only be constructed more than a century later by a self-absorbed blogger?

    Where do I sign up?