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 ...

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 ...

Programmer John Graham-Cumming and former London Science Museum curator Doron Swade, will post plans for the Babbage Analytical Engine online next year in a ‘crowd-sourcing’ project called Plan 28, ...

The Queen has posted her first ever message to Instagram as she opened the Science Museum's summer exhibition. With the swipe of an iPad, she shared an image of a letter from 19th century inventor ...

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 ...

Robyn Williams: If you go to the Science Museum in London you can see the recreation of Charles Babbage's design for the first computer back in the middle of the 19th century. We have a version here ...

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 ...

Like every citizen with any understanding of the wealth-creating power of scientific discovery, I enthusiastically welcome the UK government’s intention to establish the Advanced Research & Invention ...

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 ...

Academics and computer enthusiasts may argue about the details, but to all intents, the Small-Scale Experimental Machine (SSEM) or 'Baby' was the world’s first computer – but how did Manchester end up ...

The most complete of Charles Babbage's plans for the analytical engine is known as Plan 28 An ambitious 10-year project to build the world's first computer, the Analytical Engine, will rely on ...