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November 08, 2016

1950’s celebrity robot goes on world tour

November 08, 2016/ Jacqui Garrad
1950’s celebrity robot goes on world tour

Tony Sale’s 1950’s creation of George the Robot has just left to go on a world tour with a Science Museum exhibition that explores the 500-year story of humanoid robots.

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November 08, 2016/ Jacqui Garrad/
October 31, 2016

Hallowe'en's computer

October 31, 2016/ Jacqui Garrad
Hallowe'en's computer

The incredible story of the WITCH, the world’s oldest working digital computer that has risen from the dead on three separate occasions, is told in a new short video

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October 31, 2016/ Jacqui Garrad/
October 18, 2016

25 years campaigning for Bletchley Park code-breakers

October 18, 2016/ Jacqui Garrad
25 years campaigning for Bletchley Park code-breakers

On the 25th anniversary of the Save Bletchley Park Campaign, we pay tribute to the campaigners and specially to Margaret Sale, there at the start and still on site today.

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October 18, 2016/ Jacqui Garrad/
October 05, 2016

Dekatrons emerge sunny side up with Eggheads

October 05, 2016/ Jacqui Garrad
Dekatrons emerge sunny side up with Eggheads

A team from The National Museum of Computing beat the Eggheads on BBC 2’s popular quiz programme this week and won £4,000 for the Museum.

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October 05, 2016/ Jacqui Garrad/
September 06, 2016

EDSAC veterans visit to rekindle memories

September 06, 2016/ Jacqui Garrad
EDSAC veterans visit to rekindle memories

Life working with a 1950's computer was brought vividly to life when EDSAC veterans visited to see the latest stage of the reconstruction. Includes video of the visit.

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September 06, 2016/ Jacqui Garrad/
August 09, 2016

World scavenger hunt descends on Bytes

August 09, 2016/ Jacqui Garrad
World scavenger hunt descends on Bytes

Summer Bytes has had a flurry of strange requests from across the globe. Self-confessed scavengers wanted to perform a simple calculation on any pre-1970 computer.

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August 09, 2016/ Jacqui Garrad/
July 19, 2016

Robots and different realities at Summer Bytes

July 19, 2016/ Jacqui Garrad
Robots and different realities at Summer Bytes

The month-long Summer Bytes Festival starts on 30 July 2016. Open every afternoon from noon until 5pm, the Festival has fun and learning in store for all the family.

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July 19, 2016/ Jacqui Garrad/
July 18, 2016

Young coders triumph in engineering challenge

July 18, 2016/ Jacqui Garrad
Young coders triumph in engineering challenge

Last Friday, the national final of the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s (IET) engineering challenge for young people was held at TNMOC. Here's what happened.

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July 18, 2016/ Jacqui Garrad/
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The National Museum of Computing was incorporated as a company limited by guarantee on 2005, number 05407952. The company was granted charitable status in England and Wales in 2005, charity number 1109874.