Giant Digi-Comp II

[Crashboy1024]

Now figure out how to add some RAM and ROM to it, and having it run a small program :D

[deusprogrammer]

There isn't a big enough like button for this...please invent one!

[bwayne641]

Just think, this is what PC's would be like today, if Bill Gates hadn't stolen Ms Dos from IBM, :)

[YukixKrizorMinecraft]

I am working on something similar (with a little different archictecture) in lego

[egtavia]

If ever there are plans available for this, I'll need to find out my billiard balls and CNC router right away! Pretty awesome stuff.

[qwertyboy1234567899]

inefficiency has never been so cool

[fares57]

cool and useless were never again that close to each other.

[asteroceras]

Please calculate 64x2 for me, thankyou in advance.

[MrG0TH1ER]

It's like in Minecraft...but in real life.

[mrsbutterworth1]

wow its like physical math.

[disneya380]

We've found ourselves a Windows killer... Murderers

[umloginqualquer]

You guys should put a lot more of search terms. I've watched this once, then I've been looking for it for AGES to show to my friends, but Google couldn't help me until I started searching specific sites in which I might have seen this. Eventually I found hackaday, but I spent nearly 20 hours googling along a few weeks. Great job, though.

[TheXeroxis1]

i need this in my calculus test :D

[overlook77]

Shouldn't Bob Barker be announcing what the prize for the first Plinko Eight Ball is?

[wisnexyu]

Sweet! This is so cool. I am just 13 years old but know binary. I am actually making a 2bit mechanical computer. This is awesome!!! Keep up the good work! :-)

[portforwarding]

I heard 'bout guy from Germany who compiled linux kernel on this device

[pillowcase1]

NERDS!

(this is amazing.)

[stdusrname]

Awesome build. Do you have dimensions and possibly a instructable on how to make? Especially considering you're showing it at Maker Fair.

[oskay]

@stdusrname Thanks! This one is almost 4x8 feet in size.

No plans yet. While this one does work, it took a lot of fussing to get it that way. We don't publish instructions about how to make something until we're sure that the plans are *good enough* that someone could easily follow them and expect to make a working machine-- no one benefits when we publish prematurely. Also, we don't normally publish our how-to guides on Instructables, but rather on our own site ( evilmadscientist ).

[boom3rang]

Finally, a computer with some balls!

[oskay]

@boom3rang This should totally be our new tagline!

[mintchocolatebear]

Why is it that just looking at those two people, I could tell that they were programmers? Oh yeah, they *look and dress like college-age computer programmers*. (eye-roll)

"Dear Programming culture: We get it. You're 'independent thinkers'. Hooray for you. But seriously. Grunge Geek was 15 to 20 years ago. Yeah! 1994 was 17 years ago! So, please adopt a new "nerd-dork" dress code. You all look uncomfortably ridiculous."

[oskay]

@mintchocolatebear Actually, neither of us are programmers. Why is it that people make stupid assumptions and snide comments? Oh yeah, they're just rude commenters on youtube, with *nothing to contribute to society*. (eye-roll)

[frogeye3000]

Sweeeet!

It took me a friggin while to get it, though...

You Guys are Geniuses, you know that?

[suecita]

this confused me more then i was before regarding to computer functions :S

[iddeenyear4]

Can you show other type of operation?

The balls seems so... mesmerizing

[thekichimi]

Can you replace the battery in it?

[MrVanDay]

Damn. Math was alot harder back in the day.

[denebgarza]

beautiful

[finnsia]

how long does it last on one charge? Does it work with USB 2.0?

[oskay]

@finnsia Not so good with USB 2.0. I suspect that the data rate may be a bit slow. Seems to last pretty well on a single charge of billiard balls.

[jonnypants320]

its cool but u need a MIC SO I CAN HEAR WHAT YOUR SAYING OVER THE BALLS DROPPING

[FLOODSTUDIOS]

@jonnypants320 lolz balls droping ................nuff said

[sonicase]

7 x 15 is the highest it can go right?

[fbaugusto]

Very nice!

[nesseline]

impressive, but I didn't understand much about how it works, guess I do not make part of those 10 people who understand binary...

[yellowdogger]

how do i install linux on this?

[oskay]

@yellowdogger Not sure. I could definitely install Tux on a corner of it, though.

[sirskeptic]

Absolutely genius! A fully programmable bit of wood.

[reditus2]

@sirskeptic you saying it like that makes me lol.

[Orthosonic]

Cool! And from a historical perspective very interesting.

[mrjimmyos]

Imagine using this in a maths exam

[zoinoid015]

@mrjimmyos such a disturbance..haha..everybody love balls..specially engineering students haha

[mrjimmyos]

@zoinoid015 It'd be right up there with bringing a typewriter into an english exam :D

[Rumpetroll95]

It's cool, but I'd rather just do it in my head. I don't think bringing this to exam is a good idea.

[FrancekPirosrancek]

now ask it how much is 32+4+2+1

[paulothedogg]

@FrancekPirosrancek OMG you are soooo ignorant...

[Jorbs3210]

@FrancekPirosrancek You can.

[Hatimoooo]

This is genius, but you know, mentally or with a pen should be much faster and quiter :D:D:D

[BlackJavaBean]

Wow! The machine kinda killed the audio, but it is still VERY impressive.

[turbotonic27]

wtf

[doughtybenjamin]

really cool, but why?

[scientolofag]

This machine is insane!