Comment Re:Of course it was possible (Score 1) 212
The computer devices that Babbage designed were mechanical, not digital. If those had caught on, someone would have put effort into reducing the size of those computer devices, especially if they were games that might need a little portability. lighter metals also require less energy to move, and keep moving. Smaller, lighter, faster mechanical machines require lighter, stronger metals. Strangely enough, so do mechanical devices that are intended to fly.
If lighter and stronger materials had been available when aviation was in it's infancy, it's quite probable that flight technology would have progressed faster, since aircraft wouldn't weigh as much.
So in the context of this situation, computing has a lot to do with metallurgy.
If lighter and stronger materials had been available when aviation was in it's infancy, it's quite probable that flight technology would have progressed faster, since aircraft wouldn't weigh as much.
So in the context of this situation, computing has a lot to do with metallurgy.