![]() ![]() Without it we would not have had Colossus, the first programmable digital electronic computer, and subsequent technological developments might have taken a slower pace towards what we take for granted today. The World War II German Enigma encoding machine is something of an icon in engineering circles not just for its mechanical ingenuity but for the work of the wartime staff at Bletchley Park in decoding its messages. Given his experience in field-capable computing, we’re sure can help Intel reconquering mobile. It took over 9 months to put all this together, and he now finds himself among the winners of the State Science & Engineering Fair (SSEF), who will be sent to Intel as representatives of their states. On the inside, you’ll find an Arduino Mega along with 1,800 other parts and 500 wires, and of course, this modern version has a backspace key. Also, there is a 16 segment display that displays the rotor position as well as an LCD screen that lets you comfortably read the plain- and ciphertext. However, when looking closer, you’ll find that the rotors are implemented as electronic modules that plug into D-Sub sockets on the machine. With its wooden enclosure, keyboard, interchangeable rotors, and plugboard, his build resembles an original Worldwar II enigma machine down to the letter. ![]() We have covered quite a few DIY Enigma machines in the past, yet 14 years old really impressed us with his high school science fair project, a scratch built, retro-modern Enigma machine.Īs close as you can get: Andy’s modern enigma machine (left) next to an original from the Worldwar II (right, image source) Today, the machine is a classic example of cryptography and bare-metal computing. The successful efforts of the Allies during World War II in deciphering the Enigma machine output still reminds us of that. Hacking has always brought more good to the world than not hacking.
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