Wooden Binary Adding Machine

well, i think this really shows when you have way to much time on your hands, that you may invent some of the most interesting stuff.
 
No if only you didn't have to *add* to use the *adding* machine I'd be a bit more impressed :p
 
cool design, but i still like computers that do those calculations in a billionth of a second better :D
 
Damn, what do these guys do for a living, seriously, I'd like to do whatever they are doing to get so much free time :)
 
JethroXP said:
No if only you didn't have to *add* to use the *adding* machine I'd be a bit more impressed :p
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Well, I want my binary adding machine to actually add in binary and not in decimal, but we call always have what we want.
 
Usually I just use pencil + paper + brain for binary arithmetic. It isn't all that hard. When you have something more complex, the TI-89 Titanium gets the job done.
 
woodgears.ca - Well, he's Canadian, isn't he? Everyone knows we use wood for everything up here.

I'm typing this into a red maple Turing machine...
 
the guy wants to build a whole computer that runs on marbles...

creative...
 
Skrying said:
You must hate computers then...
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Not the same. It's an adding machine, similar to a very basic calculator. I don't need to know how to add to use a basic calculator, in fact, that's kind of the point. I think it's a neat example of an mechanical calculator, its just not remotely practical. My initial thought as I was watching the video was that something like this could be adapted for use in very poor, 3rd world countries. But then the more I watched the more I realized that this is just a fun novelty, and not really intended for practical use.
 
Well, once we become the Socialist [States of] American Democracies in a few months and the Grand American Government begins deciding our professions at the age of five, these would be excellent in classrooms to help teach our future programmers how to think with base-2 math!
:rolleyes:;)

Now I want to see a hexadecimal version.
 
JethroXP said:
Not the same. It's an adding machine, similar to a very basic calculator. I don't need to know how to add to use a basic calculator, in fact, that's kind of the point. I think it's a neat example of an mechanical calculator, its just not remotely practical. My initial thought as I was watching the video was that something like this could be adapted for use in very poor, 3rd world countries. But then the more I watched the more I realized that this is just a fun novelty, and not really intended for practical use.
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Computers are nothing more than machines that manipulate numbers. I can see your point, clearly, but just thought of it as rather ironic.
 
DiabloRojo said:
Well, once we become the Socialist [States of] American Democracies in a few months and the Grand American Government begins deciding our professions at the age of five, these would be excellent in classrooms to help teach our future programmers how to think with base-2 math!
:rolleyes:;)

Now I want to see a hexadecimal version.
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+1

:p
 
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