LGPE-9: The 30-Ton Brain of Lightning

Send the Pancake Eating Robots a message about the show... In 1943, under the frantic pressure of World War II, a secret project in a Philadelphia basement began to take shape. This episode goes behind the scenes of the birth of ENIAC, tracing its journey from a desperate military necessity to the 30-ton "Decimal Monster" that would define the computer age. We dive into the high-stakes atmosphere of the mid-World War II era—from the front lines to the quiet domestic endurance of the home fron...