Amid the luxury of 1840s London, a woman of advanced education, Ada Lovelace, seized a unique opportunity for technological development. She collaborated with inventor Charles Babbage on his Analytical Engine, a stunning innovation meant to be a massive enterprise of brass and iron, powered by steam. While working on the project, Lovelace made a valuable discovery. She added notes containing the worlds first computer algorithm, a step by step process that created a new opportunity for business c