Doron Swade is a world-renowned Babbage Expert and is also the curator of computing at the London Science Museum. With the financial backing of Nathan Myhrvold, he's the one who spearheaded the construction effort. (Click here for a related gallery on the installation of the engine.)
For his next project, Swade says he plans on building Babbage's Analytical Engine...but this time, in a virtual space.
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