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A brief history of the Sperry 1412 Computer

Guest blog by Peter M Hills DipEE MSc CEng MIET The Sperry 1412 computer’s design was first postulated at Sperry Gyroscope’s Bracknell R & D department in 1967. The prototype appeared in 1968. Given that computer systems of the time... Continue Reading →

Ada Lovelace – an enchantress of science

By Asha Gage, IET Archivist Augusta Ada Byron was born 10 December 1815 in London, the daughter of Baron and Lady Byron (George Gordon Noel Byron and Anne Isabella Noel, née Milbanke). Following the separation of her parents as a... Continue Reading →

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