Campaign builds to construct Babbage Analytical Engine (bbc.co.uk)

If you wonder how that got on the front page of the BBC you might like to read http://blog.jgc.org/2010/10/how-to-hack-media.html :-)

Interesting that part of the pledge is to create a simulation of the AE - would be kind of fun to get a TCP/IP stack working on that.

You might get more donations if you use a variable-donation site, like http://kickstarter.com/. That way people could donate whatever they're able. If I were post-exit (and I'm not, not by a long shot :), I'd drop a lot more than $10 just to see this think built.

Plus the PledgeBank site looks a little sketchy compared to most modern websites, IMHO.