You are here: silicon.com > Management > IT Pro

Photos: Flying robots, Colossus codebreaker, virus art

Photos of the Month - March 2008

Tags: supercomputer, robots, viruses, military

By Tim Ferguson

Published: 27 March 2008 16:06 GMT

8 Photos

Photo 2 of 8

Go to photo

silicon.com took a trip to Bletchley Park to see the rebuilt Colossus machine used to break the German Enigma code during World War II.

This shows paper tape - punched with enciphered messages - being read by Colossus at a rate of 5,000 characters per second.

See more pictures here and check out the video of former spy Tony Sale who rebuilt Colossus, explaining how it all works.

Photo credit: Andy McCue

See more photo stories...

8 Photos

Photo 2 of 8

Go to photo

Add comment

Print story with

Email story

'iPhone effect' ripples through smart phone market

Red Bull F1 racing up the grid

PM to pump cash into security and espionage tech

UK's fastest supercomputer unveiled

Apple iPhone 'ready for business'

In silicon.com

Commentary

silicon.com Dear silicon.com: Tech teacher shortage, Kangaroo and phones on planes Reader Comments of the Week

Mike Barrett From CIO to consultant: Project manager or salesman? Hard lessons from the coalface…

Latest News

Email: The tip of the cloud iceberg?

MI5 seeking changeable techies

Universities blamed for games industry skills crisis

Will staff 'Right to Train' boost skills?

Network Rail on track with IP

Building society streamlines system support

Jobs

RF Engineer / Board / Circuit Level - Military Comms, Thames Valley

RF Engineer / Board / Circuit Level / Military Comms / Defence / Basingstoke. My client in the heart of Thames Valley is in search of a strong RF ...

Support Engineer

Support Engineer Job Description The JOCS Support Engineer will be responsible to the CSG Support Manager for the following: In consultation with EDS ...

Support Engineer

The OSE reports to the EDS Support Manager, The Onsite support engineer is part of a team providing 2nd/3rd line support to the Military System ...

Special Report Focus

CIO50 2008
The silicon.com CIO50 2008 profiles the most influential and innovative tech chiefs in the UK across all industries and organisation size, from the biggest FTSE100 companies to high growth dot-com start ups and the public sector. The list was voted on by the UK CIO community and a panel of experts. Find out more in our latest special report.