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Cracking the Lorenz SZ42’s Code
During World War II (1939–1942), the Germans used a machine called the Lorenz SZ42 to send encoded messages. This machine used wheels and switches to create billions of possible combinations.…
25Aug 16
NASA honors Katherine Johnson with a research facility
In the days before computers, Katherine Johnson was a computer. That was a job title for people who made calculations. Many of these were women, and Johnson, now 97, worked…
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Actress Susan Sarandon helps fund Hedy Lamarr memorial
Hedy Lamarr was one of the most famous actresses of the 1930s and 40s. But she also was a brilliant technology innovator who developed one of the key processes in…
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