#mechanicalcomputer

[pixoplanet]

It's October 12th, 💻 Ada Lovelace Day. Ms. Suw Charman-Anderson founded this event in 2009 in celebration of the life and achievements of respected English mathematician Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace, commonly referred to simply as Ada Lovelace.

During her lifetime, Ms. Lovelace rubbed shoulders with many of her era's most well-known scientists, including Michael Faraday and Charles Babbage. It's her work with Babbage on his proposed mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine, that Ms. Lovelace is most famous for. She recognized that the machine had capabilities well beyond simple calculation and published the first algorithm designed to be run by such a machine. As a result, she's generally regarded to have been the world's first computer programmer.

Ada Lovelace Day has grown from a London Science Cabaret in 2009 to become an international celebration of the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). It's goal it to increase the profiles of women in STEM and created new role models who will encourage even more girls to embark upon STEM careers. Ada Lovelace is a perfect role model to emulate. ☮️ Peace… Jamiese of Pixoplanet

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The two logic boards for the nine-drawer trick chest I'm finishing up. Presently working on designing the solution. This will determine where notches go on the long horizontal rods. #woodwork #woodworking #trick #puzzle #mechanicalpuzzle #woodenpuzzle #puzzlebox #puzzlechest #trickchest #trickbox #mechanicalcomputer #finitestatemachine #paulownia (at Silver Spring, Maryland)

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Darcy handles the track signals in Norwalk. #railroad #switchtower #mechanicalcomputer #tinymuseum (at SoNo Switch Tower Museum)

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This. #computers #technology #college #charlesbabbage #mechanicalcomputer

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Detail of the two logic boards for the nine-drawer trick chest. #woodworking #puzzle #puzzlebox #trick #woodenpuzzle #detail #handmade #mechanical #mechanicalcomputer (at Silver Spring, Maryland)

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Logic boards for the current batch of Ada chests. Now to populate with matrices of rods so I can program the solutions. #woodworking #wood #puzzle #trick #router #nocncmachine #mechanicalcomputer #ada #adachest

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Final assembly, programming and tuning of the six-drawer trick chest. #woodworking #trick #puzzle #puzzlebox #karakuri #mechanical #mechanicalcomputer #finitestatemachine #workbench #workshop #handtools #hademade (at Silver Spring, Maryland)

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Trick chest I shipped out earlier this week. (Wanted to wait so the client would have a surprise when he unpacked it.) The bottom nine drawers is one of my Ada puzzles. For this one, the goal it find the sequence of opening and closing drawers so you end up with all nine drawers open. Oh, and there are many paths but only one where all end up open. Add it takes 33 moves. . I like this solution because you can readily figure out how the drawers open and close. Quick to have some satisfaction. But I'm hoping it takes much playing to find the path to the goal. . The case is from a lovely board of Figured, Birdseye Birch I got from Groff and Groff lumber. Epifanes Varnish did a nice job of bringing out the figure and a glow to the Kiaat. . #woodworking #woodwork #handmade #custommade #puzzle #woodenpuzzle #puzzlebox #puzzlechest #trickchest #mechanicalpuzzle #mechanicalcomputer #tansu #woodenchest #woodchest #findwoodwork #yosegi #yosegizauki #japanesestyle #asanoha #asanohapattern #geometricart #figuredwood #birdseye