http://videos.silicon.com/ silicon.com takes a look at the history of computing from Bletchley Park's code-breakers onwards en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:50:20 +0000 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:50:20 +0000 /i/franchises/39001684/170x60.jpg http://videos.silicon.com/ 20 feedback@silicon.com (silicon.com staff) 1950s sci-fi icon Dan Dare joins forces with the dials, buttons and vacuum tubes of post-World War II computing at the Birth of Hi-Tech Britain exhibition at the Science Museum in London. In this video Ben Russell, curator of mechanical engineering at the Science Museum, talks silicon.com through the exhibition that places Dan Dare comics next to the world of technology. http://videos.silicon.com/60501190.htm http://videos.silicon.com/60501190.htm?s_cid=569 Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:45:44 +0000 feedback@silicon.com (silicon.com staff) The latest in silicon.com's series on the gems at Bletchley Park takes a peek into the simulator room at the National Museum of Computing. Within the room visitors can have a go at landing an aeroplane using Microsoft Flight Simulator software and ex-air traffic control terminals. In this video Ben Trethowan, museum volunteer, demonstrates how it all works. http://videos.silicon.com/60435088.htm http://videos.silicon.com/60435088.htm?s_cid=569 Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:10:22 +0000 feedback@silicon.com (silicon.com staff) The National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park has on display this DEC PDP 1134 seismometer array station processor, which was used to detect earthquakes. Here trustee Kevin Murrell explains how the machine was used to detect underground nuclear missile testing explosions after the nuclear test ban treaty and how it helped find a plane that had crash-landed. http://videos.silicon.com/60432663.htm http://videos.silicon.com/60432663.htm?s_cid=569 Fri, 28 Nov 2008 11:30:24 +0000 feedback@silicon.com (silicon.com staff) One of the relics on display at Bletchley Park's National Museum of Computing is the PACE TR-48. In this exclusive video museum volunteer Peter Chilvers explains how the analogue computer was used to model waves in the sea and aid the design of underwater torpedoes. http://videos.silicon.com/60430849.htm http://videos.silicon.com/60430849.htm?s_cid=569 Fri, 28 Nov 2008 11:29:32 +0000 feedback@silicon.com (silicon.com staff) Bletchley Park's cash-strapped National Museum of Computing is home to an exhibition of the evolution of British PCs. In this exclusive video, museum volunteer Peter Chilvers, shows off the exhibits ranging from Research Machines and the BBC Micro, to the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Amstrad and the Acorn Risc. http://videos.silicon.com/60429277.htm http://videos.silicon.com/60429277.htm?s_cid=569 Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:23:07 +0000 feedback@silicon.com (silicon.com staff) Bletchley Park was the secret home to Britain's top codebreakers during World War II. The base is now home to the fledgling National Museum of Computing, which features a rebuild of the world's first electronic codebreaking computer - Colossus. In the first of this exclusive video series, silicon.com takes you behind the scenes at the museum for... http://videos.silicon.com/60416867.htm http://videos.silicon.com/60416867.htm?s_cid=569 Fri, 28 Nov 2008 11:30:11 +0000