Name: John Graham-Cumming: Den mægtigste maskine der aldrig var
Uploaded: 2012-07-21T13:56:36Z
Duration: 11 min 57 s
Description: Computer videnskab begyndte i 30'erne ...1830'erne. John Graham-Cumming fortæller historien om Charles Babbages mekaniske, damp drevne "analytiske motor" og hvordan Ada Lovelace, matematiker og datter af Lord Byron, se ud over dens simple beregnende egenskaber, til at forestille sig fremtidens computere. (Optaget ved TEDxImperialCollege)

Computer videnskab begyndte i 30'erne ...1830'erne. John Graham-Cumming fortæller historien om Charles Babbages mekaniske, damp drevne "analytiske motor" og hvordan Ada Lovelace, matematiker og datter af Lord Byron, se ud over dens simple beregnende egenskaber, til at forestille sig fremtidens computere. (Optaget ved TEDxImperialCollege)

John Graham-Cumming: Den mægtigste maskine der aldrig var

Long before silicon chips, a Victorian-era machine called the analytical engine promised true computation. Designed by Charles Babbage and envisioned more fully by Ada Lovelace, it used thousands of metal cogs—some as big as a steam locomotive—to perform calculations and even make decisions. Lovelace foresaw that numbers could represent everything from music to graphics, forever changing what a computer could be. Today, efforts are underway to finally build this mechanical marvel, revealing the deep roots of the digital world.