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Heritage inspires future cyber talent through TNMOC-Qufaro partnership

Posted January 9, 2020by Over Lord

The coming generation of cyber-security specialists will benefit from the announcement by The National Museum of Computing (TNMOC) that Qufaro is its exclusive Cyber Education …

TNMOC receives a Christmas decluttering gift

Posted December 16, 2019by Over Lord

A crack team of professional organisers descended on The National Museum of Computing to help prepare for the popular family-friendly Winter Bytes Festival. As part …

Bombe team member joins the ranks of Disney, Dolby and Eastman

Posted November 27, 2019November 27, 2019by Over Lord

Paul Kellar, chair of the Bombe team at The National Museum of Computing (TNMOC) on Bletchley Park, has received the highest accolade of the Society …

Learning at the computing museum that brings history alive with the latest tech

Posted November 20, 2019November 20, 2019by Over Lord

A state-of-the-art Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) creation platform is the latest addition to the acclaimed Learning Programme at The National Museum of …

New research fellow at The National Museum of Computing wins prestigious prize for Colossus research

Posted November 12, 2019November 12, 2019by Over Lord

Dr Mark Priestley has been appointed research fellow at The National Museum of Computing on Bletchley Park. His work, which will focus on the early …

Girls’ STEM Day inspires students at TNMOC

Posted November 5, 2019November 5, 2019by Over Lord

One hundred female students were inspired to take up careers in STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) at The National Museum of Computing. Arriving from …

TNMOC’s Turing Test just became tougher

Posted October 16, 2019October 16, 2019by Over Lord

A gifted student has created a brand-new version of the Turing Test that has entertained and intrigued educational groups on the Learning Programme at The …

A rare opportunity to see early Open University computers

Posted September 17, 2019September 17, 2019by Over Lord

To mark the 50th anniversary of The Open University (OU), a new display celebrating its early technology is open to visitors to The National Museum …

The role of Colossus and D-Day – a talk at TNMOC

Posted September 3, 2019September 3, 2019by Over Lord

Seventy-five years on from D-Day, information is still coming to light to show the role of Colossus and the breaking of Lorenz, Hitler’s most secret …

Biggest handcrafted open world ever coming to Switch, PC and Mac

Posted August 13, 2019August 13, 2019by Over Lord

Biggest handcrafted open world ever coming to Switch, PC and Mac Silk, a new exploration RPG from the designer of Discworld Noir, launches in September. …