A steam-powered computer designed by the 19th century mathematician Charles Babbage could finally be built after a campaign was launched to bring his dream to life. A section of Charles Babbage's ...

The Babbage Engine Exhibit opens May 10 at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif. The central artifact of the exhibit, a faithful construction of Englishman Charles Babbage's Difference ...

It is one of the greatest pieces of technology ever devised. But like all of his inventions, Charles Babbage’s prototype computer, the Analytical Engine, was never built in his lifetime. Now a science ...

to help you make better buying decisions and get more from technology. British researchers announced plans this week to finally build Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine, a gear-based proto-computer ...

Charles Babbage designed an automatic computer more than 100 years before the first electronic ones. None of his inventions was completed in his lifetime, but engineers at the Science Museum finally ...

As you might expect from its name, the "Difference Engine" is a strangely difficult object to describe. You might start by imagining the side of a large crib with uprights ringed by small metal wheels ...

A project to construct one of the earliest mechanical computers based on sketches by its designer, Charles Babbage, has received a major boost. The Science Museum in London has agreed to help by ...

Doron Swade is behind the creation of the famed Difference Engine No 2 The world of computing could have been very different to that of today had a machine that was designed over 150 years ago been ...