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    decode the Enigma Machine. The Enigma Machine was an encoding machine used by the Germans during World War II. The Enigma Machine relied on a set of rotating wheels that encrypted each letter of the alphabet as a different one; the total number of keys to the Enigma Code was 150 quintillion. To make the Enigma machine even harder to decode, the setting changed every night at midnight. Before World War II the Polish succeeded in reconstructing the internal wiring of an enigma Machine and a group

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    In the movie The Imitation Game there were many factors of the movie that were true and false in Alan Turing’s life. Although, most of his work is shrouded in mystery, we still have quite a bit of history on the man. Firstly, in the movie, we are showed that Alan has feelings for his dear friend Christopher and that Turing attends an all-boys-academy. This, in fact, is true. Christopher did genuinely exist and the school at which they attended was called Sherborne School in Dorset. In the film we

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    participate in the project of deciphering the German code known as the Enigma (8). The Germans, using this code that was nearly impossible to break, sent instructions to their submarine and land fleet using the Enigma’s numerical code (3). With these instructions, the German officials were able to secretly organize their forces and coordinate planned position and attacks against their enemies. While the British understood how this machine was constructed, they failed to grasp the concept of how its internal

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    Alan Turing's War

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    science and eventually became a gay rights icon for his persecution due to his homosexuality. He was also extremely important in winning the second world war, developing the world’s first computer to combat and break the German message encrypting Enigma machine. In fact, Winston Churchill, one of the most prominent figures of World War II, let alone the 20th century, said that Turing made the single biggest contribution to Allied victory in the war against Nazi Germany and its Axis partners. Without Alan

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    Alan Turing was a world famous mathematician and educator who is known for helping crack the “Enigma Code” and his work with computers and artificial intelligence. Alan Turing was born on the 23rd of June, 1912, in Maida Vale, London, England. Starting at a very young age, Alan Turing showed huge signs of intelligence. Although many of his teachers recognized his intellect, it didn’t mean that they necessarily respected the young man. At the tender age of 13, while attending the well-known and

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    During the film, there is a group of men and a woman trying to solve the puzzle of ‘Enigma,’ an unbreakable secret code behind the Nazis' communications machine. This group is where the loyalties lie. One of the biggest loyalties lies between Alan Turing, the main character, and Joan Clark. The inclusion of Joan Clark changes the team completely as she is the only female

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    among the "Internet of Things" . Machine-to-Machine technology and analytics is the promising future of the big data era. Its exponential growth and advancement promises a plethora of solutions and new ideas, but as with all innovations, it will also create a wave of new issues, problems and complications that, given its scale, magnitude and speed of development will certainly challenge as much as it benefits the legal industry. What is M2M & IoT? Machine to Machine (M2M) is a broad label that can

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    equipment. In the austere environment that the military operates in, this presents shortfalls in maintenance. In order to combat this and in an attempt to maintain and adapt DoD equipment in the face of long logistical supply chains, the DoD deploys machine shops, weld shops and other fabrication capabilities in-theater. However, due to lack of design information, manufacturing technology and limited engineering design expertise these capabilities are limited and only provide a small percentage of repair

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    openly stated that technology had reached a point where the creation of autonomous machines would be reachable in a matter of years. Letting the development continue could possibly result in the mass production of these weapons and accessible to all kinds of civilians and malicious forces such as terrorists and dictators. Thus, the 2500+ researchers who agreed with the letter said that they find “no

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    Smart Machines: Trending Technology If the name Watson was mentioned in the IT world, more than likely everyone would know what the name was associated with. Watson, a computer that can interact with humans, sense, decipher and recognize questions and answer them with unbelievable accuracy. Watson’s introduction to the 21st century was aired on the popular TV show “Jeopardy.” The competition Watson faced while playing on the game show were some of the best players to ever play the game.

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