A brief history lesson with Dr. Ian Storey, lecturer in Information Systems at RMIT. From Babbage's Difference Engine of 1822 to Turing's decryption machine at Bletchley Park in WW2, right through to quantum computers and Kurzweil's prediction that we're approaching the Singularity, when computers become so smart they can't explain what they know to us.

The Evolution Of Computing

Broadcast every Tuesday at 11am AEDT on Radio Port Phillip 98.7 or 98.3 FM. It’s your weekly dose of science and technology.

Including features on cool gadgets, website reviews, the latest science and IT news, not to mention astronomy and space exploration.

http://beyondinfinity.com.au/

Special thanks to John Young, Paul Wattie, Steve Meyers, Brendon Telfer and the team at RPPfm.

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Broadcast every Tuesday at 11am AEDT on Radio Port Phillip 98.7 or 98.3 FM. It’s your weekly dose of science and technology. Including features on cool gadgets, website reviews, the latest science and IT news, not to mention astronomy and space exploration. http://beyondinfinity.com.au/ Special thanks to John Young, Paul Wattie, Steve Meyers, Brendon Telfer and the team at RPPfm.

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