Turing machine made from scrap metal

[LimitedWard]

Make it play youtube. Better yet, make it play chinese checkers.

[RayWillliarnJohnson]

WOW ASUM

[shaolin21]

from scrap to crap

[TheSandvichTrials]

@shaolin21 crap? This thing is amazing, making a machine that can make tiny calculations without electricity only using scrap metal.

You try doing that.

[MastermindX]

This could be used to place balls on a grid.

[funnygames93]

I don't understand what is the point of this? Hurray... They made such thing without electronics, but who will need it? And it probably cheaper to buy an electronic device, it also much smaller... -.-"

[SoundSingularity]

@funnygames93 when the robots take over we'll have this pile of scraps, it'll be our only defense against the robotic zombie hordes.

[IDIEININIIS]

@funnygames93 Sometimes people do things just to see if they can be done. Once you start doing that then you'll understand.

[paulopdm13]

omg it can run crysis 2 in max settings!

[lgarvey]

Somebody has too much time on their hands.

[burrderr]

how do those magnets work?

[Craydon]

pointless

[Revinius]

ironically though, you would need computers to design this....

[HPWHEELS]

Damn did you see that turtle wiz by in the backround!

[Teekles]

Damnit, if this thing ran a little faster I could rock my AP Calc final

[Voodude666B]

I think the power supply counts as an electrical part

[dylanlawless1]

Damn I'd love to pull that out in the middle of my statistics exam

[Tripp393]

It's like you can hear it screaming "oh god kill me! KILL ME!"

[Fearose]

wow



[kasuha]

Electronics can be replaced by other systems such as cogwheels or hydraulics and you can have much faster and effective computer using them than this. There even once were ballistic missiles driven by hydraulic circuits.

Also, turing machine is a good basic concept but it's extremely inefficient to be used for any real computing. So this is nothing but a toy.

[knivesron]

omg it doesent use electronics. it looks like its connected to a power supply. and if its not then how does it do what it does, do they wind a rubber band up like those balsa wod aeroplanes. i think we are being lied to here. or perpetual motion is possible. halaa

[xsirhc6x]

@knivesron they ment no binary in the form of electricity (on or off) its still using power to turn a motor or two obviously

[finalcloud13]

I wanna play Minesweeper, where the fuck is the mouse on that thing?

[gregor00005]

This is what the first computers was like... mechanic.. Stupid video

[Paulginz]

@gregor00005 The first "computers" were job-specific mechanical calculators (e.g. difference engine) and punchcard systems. AFAIK, punch card systems were all electric by the time programming started. Universal turing machines are fully programmable computers.

[dudev]

@gregor00005

Duh! Stupid comment.

[RDJim]

Uh...umm... I think they're moving in the wrong direction.

[TheTebbin]

newscientistvideo and bubstep music has the best comments

[M30W3R]

Science crafted: Scrap Metal

Science crafted: Scrap Metal

Science crafted: Turing Machine

[coollikeyodais]

But why?

[Virasana]

What could/should have been said was something along the lines of:

" The device has no electronic components apart from a small motor which drives it."

[Virasana]

@IslandHermit I'm afraid you are incorrect! if you look up the definition, "electronic" is used to describe something that is POWERED BY electricity. Therefore 'electric motor' is actually the 'wrong' term is you are going to be pedantic.

However, my 'complaint' was also VERY pedantic I know.

The reason is I've come to expect scientific people to be careful about their use of language. And from the Science Channels especially. I expect people talking religion to be slapdash, not scientists.

[subh1]

"enough time".. you mean like age of the universe?

[shadman1911]

So no porn them?

[elixeroflife]

waaaaaaaaaAaaaaAaalallalllllll­llLlllllllllL-E!!!

[AtheistAussie]

Three people need their balls placed on a grid.

[jbear0000]

It is a good thing that we have electronics and digital dodads to do our computer calculations instead of these things. It would take forever to complain about the YouTube homepage using a computer like that.

[IslandHermit]

@Virasana A motor is an electric device, not an electronic one.

[Virasana]

The voice-over says: "... with NO electronic components"

The web site says: "... only requires electricity to power a small motor"

Sorry but 'small' is NOT equat to 'no' !!!!

[NZhouldhavewon]

@Virasana If the only component is a small electric motor it could be powered by a dude turning a wheel, if someone could be bothered. I think the idea it so show that computers can be replaced by purely mechanical devices. sort of.

[fu11fu]

@Marazuga yes yes it can, It will take a few trillion years for one frame tho.

[daproblogger]

We've been doing this in minecraft for years now...

[dayside]

This sucks. A computer is way better imo.

[Destro7000]

Given....How much time?

I thought when he said it was a 'Turing machine' that it was gonna be a self-replicator. But that'd be a Von Neumann machine. i.e. a Monolith.

[fuunguus]

Well this was pointless....

[princeofexcess]

given enough time... I think plastic will decompose before then. Its like saying dont worry about pollution given enough time it will solve itself HAHA

[islagkage15963]

this is not supposed to be some gigantic leap in technology. its just a physical version of a theorectical machine. and is mainly just show off. and possibly for learning mechanics on a higher level

[GreatGungHolio]

Looks like a Dell

[AmusingYeti]

This is Chuck Norris' wrist watch.

[NigelGriff]

What happens if i divide by zero?

[yatah]

What's the source of energy ?

[CVRealMan]

i prefer a calculator but what ever floats your boat!...

[SpongebobDI]

welcome to fallout

[gamerx129]

aw fuck i this it was "time machine made from scrap metal"

i was all like :D then i was like -.-

[luckviewer777]

i was just adding 45+62.55 using this machine and it took it 5 day to calculate

[micropod]

It can solve the same problems as modern computers? Will we all still be here when that happens?

[GetMeThere1]

Somebody's high school project?

[Marazuga]

yea yea calculations and shit but can it run crysis?

[Stonehawk]

@Marazuga Yes. at 0.0000000000000000000000000000­000000000000000000000000000000­000000000000000000000000000000­000000000000000000000000000000­1 frames per second.

[marsCubed]

@Stonehawk "Yes. at E-114 frames per second".

On the plus side, video games won't crash as often.

[Stonehawk]

@marsCubed it'll run smoothly for 3.8 billion years, until it drops the ball in the wrong place. XD

[Stonehawk]

@marsCubed Actually, furthermore, I'm impressed and flattered that you would quantify my decimal zeroes. I kind of wish I thought to use the exponential notation, but I feared that too many people wouldn't get it.

[Athaeus]

@marsCubed It'll probably crash MORE often, but will be unable to deliver the error message "Error: Ran out of tiny metal balls".

[ultraverydeepfield]

@Marazuga

it actually can, at about 0.00001 frames per year.

[senoctar]

@ultraverydeepfield

I doubt CryTek will port CryEngine to ScrapOS though.

[senoctar]

@Marazuga

Yes, if you're happy to play at 30 FPY (frames per year).

[sweYoda2]

@senoctar More like 30 frames per never

[kevincarbonaro]

@Marazuga It can run crysis as long as you give it time and memory! That's what they said! LOL :D

[ItchyFlea1]

@Marazuga Of course it can. But you'll be getting something along the lines of 1 frame per 3 hours.

[MarkG45]

@Marazuga given enough time and memory

[roidroid]

@Marazuga yes it can.

[clearmenser]

@Marazuga The answer is yes. It would just take a long long long long long time. You could get to the loading screen, but without a user interface you can't play it.

[h3r1n6]

@Marazuga At 0.00000000000001 Frames per second, yes.

[lovingboarding]

@Marazuga

given enough time and memory...

[usuckonthis]

@Marazuga Yea, in principle, it can run Crysis. The catch is that it may take 50 years to calculate a single pixel which is then presented to you using a colored pin-pong ball resting on a, say, 1024*768 grid, which you'll have to view from 30 feet away. Oh, that's assuming you could wait a million years for the Crysis program to load on this baby.

[mordinvan]

@Marazuga

Yes, just at a VERY low frame rate.

[Razzfazz87]

@Marazuga it can though it takes about 5 months to start windows which is needed before you start crysis. remember crysis does not exist on console so we NEED a windows pc

[movieguystarraisin]

@Marazuga yes one the size of a battle ship could run crisis....

[baaadmofo]

@Marazuga

yeah "given enough memory and time."

[montazarmontazarmont]

@Marazuga All modern computers are turing machine equivalents it can do exactly the same calculations just a little bit slower.

[Freemmaann]

Wonder if it can run crysis. Anyway, pretty awesome thing, not as awesome as the guy who made a computer inside a computer VIA minecraft, but still amazing.

[armagedo0]

At least we can continue calculating the next number in pi when the apocalypse strikes and we don't have electricity.

[jcommyn]

@armagedo0 And by the time this monster figures it out, civilization will be back on its feet.

[WulfBand]

@jcommyn So true but we'll be caring around clubs & dragging our women off by their hair :) Ahh, the good old days when relationships were simple :)

[iammrpope]

@armagedo0 notice the massive benchtop psu sitting next to the machine.

[georgeq10]

@armagedo0 good one sir.

[lolocaustism]

@armagedo0

It still uses electricity...

[wrathallll]

@lolocaustism you could hook it up to a bike tho,

[lolocaustism]

@wrathallll

That still generates electricity. It would be far more efficient to hook up a bike to your PC =/ Also in such a world a better use for energy would be looking for food / reproducing. No time to fuck about with bike-powered calculators.

[wrathallll]

@lolocaustism True dat!!! Mad Max stylie!

[NoogLeader]

@wrathallll Make a wind turbine using an old car alternator. Use the bike to get around not to make electricity.

[hcortens]

@armagedo0 zombie apocalypse*

[viperior]

@armagedo0 I hope pi never runs out

[littleliuboy]

I bet he is pissed that Babbage beat him to inventing the computer :P

[thehugh100]

@littleliuboy lol, i was talking to the creator about that, he was inspired by babbage

[thehugh100]

i met the guy who made this at the maker fair, its very interesting

[richhaddon]

troll physics,... use the magnets

[MisterEvil1]

Some people just have too much time on their hands.