The past week I've been pretty sick, so I decided to focus a bit more on research and design, rather than code or super detailed artwork. I've started getting a general idea of what I want the different pages to look like and what interactive elements I want on each page. For example, here's some of the layouts I'm working on:
For Ada's page: For the loom I'm currently planning on having information about how it inspired Ada and how loom punch cards work. I found a very cool animation from the Victoria and Albert Museum that demonstrates how loom punch cards work that I'm also planning on linking to. For the letter on her desk I'm going to include some information about her correspondence with Charles Babbage (including one of my personal favorite quotes by Babbage about Lovelace, referring to her as an "Enchantress of Numbers"). The other loose paper's on her desk are going to show information about the first computer program she wrote for Babbage's Analytical Engine for solving Bernoulli Numbers.
For Grace's page: I want to have a moth animation that plays based on how much the user scrolls. When selected it'll show the entry from Grace Hopper's diary about finding the moth and popularizing the phrase "computer bug". Selecting the UNIVAC I will display information about how she helped develop it. Selecting the COBOL book will describe how COBOL works and why it was so important.
For Hedy's page: For the piano I'm planning on creating a mini game that demonstrates how spread spectrum and frequency hopping communication work. I'll have the user choose a key pattern that the computer has to guess (in the time it would take another human to guess) in 30 seconds. It'll start by allowing the user to use only a one-key sequence, which the computer will be able to solve easily within the time limit. However when the user is able to use all the keys in a 10 key sequence, it'll demonstrate how difficult it is to block the frequency. I'll animate a little torpedo traveling towards a little animated submarine for the timer. For the Hollywood Star on the wall I'm going to show information about Hedy Lamarr's induction into the Inventor's Hall of Fame as well as her success in movies, demonstrating you can be interested in the arts and science.
Currently everything is in black and white because I want to consult with my advisor for color pallets (since I know absolutely nothing about color theory and don't want to ruin everything by choosing awful colors)