Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 9 hours ago
Client: Richard Pawson
Aaron Danton, Andy Zhu, Hanzhang Shen, Joseph Hunt, Sophie Ring, Simon Solca
In the days when Cambridge innovators like Turing were still inventing the foundations of Computer Science, our department was known as the Mathematical Laboratory, offering a wide range of computation facilities implemented using mechanical devices. One impressive machine, the Differential Analyzer was able to solve calculus problems. The goal of this project is to create a digital working replica of the Differential Analyzer, which
can be used both to illustrate the elegant operation of this device, and help students to gain an intuitive understanding of mathematical principles through the visualised behaviour.
Client: Richard Pawson
Aaron Danton, Andy Zhu, Hanzhang Shen, Joseph Hunt, Sophie Ring, Simon Solca
In the days when Cambridge innovators like Turing were still inventing the foundations of Computer Science, our department was known as the Mathematical Laboratory, offering a wide range of computation facilities implemented using mechanical devices. One impressive machine, the Differential Analyzer was able to solve calculus problems. The goal of this project is to create a digital working replica of the Differential Analyzer, which
can be used both to illustrate the elegant operation of this device, and help students to gain an intuitive understanding of mathematical principles through the visualised behaviour.
