Marble adding machine

Why it was recommended

this particular design and video served as some serious inspiration for the linked product

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What it covers

Matthias Wandel shows his wooden machine that adds binary numbers using marbles. It demonstrates computation with purely mechanical logic. It is for a general viewer who does not plan to take a prerequisite first.

Video details

Channel

MatthiasWandel

Length

3 min 34 sec

Year

2007

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