This may require a trip to San Fran on or about May 10th.
The Computer History Museum!!
http://io9.com/381601/the-victorian+era-supercomputer-and-the-genius-who-created-it
The London Science Museum finally completed work on the Victorian era's greatest supercomputer, the Difference Engine No. 2, 120 years after the death of inventor Charles Babbage. This five-ton machine is currently traveling across the pond to San Francisco, and will go on display in America for the first time starting May 10th at the Computer History Museum. Find out everything you wanted to know about Charles Babbage and his wonderful engines in today's triviagasm.
-Craig
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