Cory Doctorow Wants You to Know What Computers Can and Cant Do
Named similarly to ENIAC, its name also resembles that of 'ipecac', a plant-based preparation that was used in over-the-counter poison-antidote syrups for its emetic (vomiting-inducing) properties. The Engine, a kind of mechanical information generator featured in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels.