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Communications and code-breaking

Dates

Sat 27 Oct 2012 10am - 5pm
Sun 28 Oct 2012 10am - 5pm
Mon 29 Oct 2012 10am - 5pm

Venue

MOSI

Liverpool Road, Castlefield, Manchester, M3 4FP

Price

Free. Drop-in any time

Event category

Family fun

Tags

Alan Turing, Computer science

To mark the centenary of Alan Turing's birth, join the UK Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) for interactive games and puzzles to test your problem-solving abilities.

Turing, who worked at GCHQ's predecessor, the Government Code & Cypher School, is credited with designing the 'Bombe', a machine that helped decipher German Enigma signals at Bletchley Park during the Second World War.

This is your opportunity to get your hands on a genuine WWII Enigma - use it to send a secret message to Bletchley Park and then watch via webcam as code-breakers at Bletchley try to decipher your message.

There will also be three challenging games where you have to answer questions, break codes and solve logic puzzles in order to find secret messages, prevent a cyber attack on the UK, or break into a safe to find a prize!

Supported by

  • GCHQ