HAL is reflecting on mother figures this week with the OGs of computer programming at ENIAC and the pioneering efforts of Eckert &amp; Mauchley. FLASH: U.S. Army Builds Top Secret Ballistics Calculator! FLASH: Women's Contributions Undervalued! FLASH: Being Ahead Of Your Time Sucks! FLASH: Sexy Census Is Back And Better Than Ever!
Plus: tea time, hot sausage machines, and steak and kidney pudding.
This Week In Science (12-17-22): the discovery of 2 million year old eDNA, Artemis I Orion splashes down from a perfect first mission, and an exciting new breakthrough in nuclear fusion...
<a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zevt2blQyVs&amp;t=1s'>The Secret History of The ENIAC Women | Kathy Kleiman | TEDxBeaconStreet</a>
<a href='https://eniacprogrammers.org/documentary-info/'>The ENIAC Programmers Project Film</a>
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Episode 13 - HAL Origins: Transistor Timez!

Podcast dedicated to the history, science and legacy of the all-time classic film and one of the greatest works of art of the twentieth century, Arthur C. Clarke and Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey.