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December 11, 2009
Charles Babbage's 'Difference Engine' comes to life
160 years after the great man's insight, his envisioned machine (above) performs just as he said it would.
I was enchanted and mesmerized by the video, and struck by how similar to DNA's helical structure are the machine's innards, seen in action several times from the four-minute mark on.
[via Flautist and Flautist's brother Orren]
December 11, 2009 at 10:01 AM | Permalink
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Maybe it's just me, but did the movments of certian parts resemble the DNA helix in an animated way?
Posted by: Joe Peach | Dec 11, 2009 4:39:16 PM
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