Build Your Own Bletchley Park With This Kickstarted Enigma Clone

If you invest in an open-source, crowd-funded Enigma machine today, make it this one. Created by S&T Geotronics of Columbus, Georgia, this device first appeared as an Instructable and is now available as a full DIY for $250, quite a bit less than the Allies spent at Bletchley Park while trying to crack Germany’s feared encryption system. Three hundred dollars gets you a fully-assembled model. Read More

How the Most Important Code of WWII Was Cracked

The breaking of the Enigma Code is one of the most interesting stories in the history of computing—but it’s not necessarily easy to get your head around. Fortunately, this video provides an amazingly straightforward explanation of how the code was cracked. More »