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Date Time SILLIAC: machine that brought Australia into computer age A horse-racing benefactor with an interest in science made one of Australia’s first, and then most powerful, computers possible. It’s a story that’s easy to love. It was the early 1950s and the University wanted to build one the first and most powerful computers in the world, SILLIAC. But funds were short and it was only built because the race horse of a prominent donor had just won the Melbourne Cup. No Melbourne Cup win, no SILLIAC. A donor with a passion for science The truth is a little less cinematic....

Fairground outside Bristol University building set up for BBC drama The drama is being made by the producers who gave us Line of Duty and Bodyguard Updated The fairground at Bristol University (Image: Dr. Andy Bailey) A fairground outside a Bristol University building has reportedly been set up for filming for a new BBC drama. A helter skelter and ferris wheel were pictured outside of Bristol University’s Physics Building yesterday (April 12). Some were confused as to why the rides had popped up on a currently empty campus, as students at the university are currently away on Easter break. B...

Alexandria Lin January 10, 2021 Senior Alexandria Lin has worked in UGA’s Small Satellite Research Lab since her freshman year at UGA. (Photo by Stephanie Schupska) Alexandria Lin, a senior Honors student majoring in computer systems engineering, was part of the team that put UGA’s first satellite in space. She’s been part of the Small Satellite Research Lab since her freshman year. She already has a job lined up after graduation as software developer for satellite missions. A problem-solver at heart, Lin is passionate about “pushing the boundaries of what we’re capable of. There’...

Launch sends UGA’s first research satellite into space October 2, 2020 The Antares rocket, which is carrying UGA’s first research satellite, launched at the Wallops Facility in Virginia. (Courtesy of NASA) A student-led effort to get the University of Georgia’s first research satellite into space is finally a success. It took a few delays, but the small satellite SPOC, short for Spectral Ocean Color, had liftoff aboard an Antares rocket from the Wallops Facility in Virginia on Friday night, Oct. 2. It docked with the International Space Station on Monday morning and will deploy in a fe...