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 Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 9:14 pm
Model of a Difference EngineI thought this looked pretty cool. Yeah, it might not be as fast or as economical as our modern day computers, yet it was certainly an incredible innovation and ahead of it's time. The moving parts seem almost hypnotic.
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Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 10:28 am
I remember my Calc II teacher mentioning difference engines. Never imagined it would look like that though! D:
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Sir Regulus Lyonhart Crew
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Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 3:09 pm
Ooh, that is hypnotic. Like art.
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Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 5:32 pm
hypnotic indeed!
so many moving spinning parts...ooo.... eek
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Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 11:42 pm
I'm certainly impressed.
I would have liked to see it made of brass though *eyes go all dreamy*
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Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 6:18 pm
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Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 1:13 pm
That gave me a sanity ache. xd
Hypnotically odd/awesome. The sort of thing that'd be built in to the walls of a science museum lobby or something like that and people'd be transfixed by it all day but then some little kid'd have no idea what it was and stick his finger in it and get it crushed off and they'd have to take the difference engine away.
crying
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Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 4:17 pm
Huh. That was kind of cool. VERY hypnotic, and I wish it was a longer video.
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Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 6:38 am
It's so beautiful... @.@
There's one point where it's zoomed out a bit, and it looks somewhat like a dance. I love it. whee
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Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 11:29 am
That is rather fantastic, isn't it? Sort of like a huge, semi-automated abacus. heart
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Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 6:58 pm
That is a beautiful thing. Seriously.
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Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 11:55 am
Charles Babbage is a waste of a coffin sir!
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Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 2:49 pm
I wonder if they can actually make them smaller. It would have been a very wonderful machine if it ever went mainstream during its time.DreamingWithin Charles Babbage is a waste of a coffin sir!
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Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 7:15 pm
it'd be interesting if nanotechnology came sooner if they used the difference engine during it's time.
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