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EDSAC, the first programmable computer for general use by scientists, built at the “Mathematical Laboratory” and launched in 1949. Maurice Wilkes, Head of Lab and leader of the project, promised to build “a computer that works”,

From EDSAC to Raspberry Pi: 75 years of “computers that work”

24 Apr 2013

Cambridge’s Computer Lab marks its 75th anniversary this month, celebrating a spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship that has taken it from the...

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urban gems

How to crowdsource your happy space

26 Sep 2012

A new online platform will harness crowdsourcing to identify the visual cues that lead people to perceive an urban space as happy, quiet or beautiful...

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Darwin's copy of the Duchenne photographs used in his experiments. The same photos will be used in the Festival of Ideas event and then on the website.

The face of emotions: Darwin, computers and autism

21 Oct 2011

An online recreation of Charles Darwin’s famous experiment on the expression of emotion is being launched at Cambridge University’s Festival of Ideas...

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Ernest Tubb Record Shop sign

Come here often?

04 Aug 2011

A new way of predicting which people may become friends on social networks - based on the type of places they visit - has been formulated by...

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