|ZEV © 1:50 1 م 150 Done Case Studies of Charles Babbage... O 1 من 1 Case insight Charles Babbage his designs to actually make an operational machine. What is more, he was generally irritable and disagreeable - it is said that he hated humanity. He therefore never found a The inventor of the computer Contrary to popular misconception, the computer was not Invented by IBM. The principles of the computer were backer who might have invested in its development. Instead defined by the English scientist Charles Babbage in 1830. He invented a mechanical analytical engine or universal cal- culator, which was programmed by punch cards, had a store of information (memory) and a calculating engine (proces QUESTIONS: sor). But Babbage was forever tinkering with his designs and he could not find anyone to pay him to make the machine. He did not seem to have sufficient motivation or faith in Babbage went on to try to devise a foolproof system for betting on horses. 1 Was Babbage an entrepreneur? Esplain 2 What personel qualites did he lack? Case insight Chuck Hull 3D printer, even though it has not yet come into everyday use. In the early 1980s he was working for a company that Đy way of contrast, Chuck Hull, who was bon in 1939, used UV light to layer plastic veneers onto table-tops and has gained fame and fortune out of his invention of the furmiture Like others within the industry, he was frustrated The inventor of the 3D printer Chapter 2 The economics of entrepreneurship and public policy 35 Contrued fom previous page. by the length of time taken to produce even small plastic The first commercial product was produced in 1988. 3D erts for prototypes of new product designs. He thought Systems sells 30 printers, materials and software to com hat if he could place thousands of thin layers of plastic on panies that regularly produce prototypes, such as car manu- too of each other and then etch their shape using light, he facturers and aerospace and medical equipment design might be able to produce three-dimensional objects quickly companies it has been said that one day the technology Eventually he developed a system where light traced the could become the biggest advance in manufacturing since stape of one layer of an object onto photopolymer - a the industrial revolution. Chuck has over 100 patents to his pitenal which changes from liquid to a plastic-like solid name and is stil chief technology officer aof 30 Systems, the whan light shines on it. Subsequent layers are then printed company he founded. one on top of the other until the shape is complete. The whole process took a matter of minutes rather than the QUESTIONS: wee's involved in moulding and casting. He patented his inverntion in 1986 and co-founded 30 2 What personal qualites does he possess that Babbage Sptems to commercialize the new method of production. 1 la Hallan entrepreneur? Explan did not?