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A Computer That Runs on Marbles - ActionLab

Continuing on the theme of computers, here's a computer that loses its marbles. I mean... that runs on marbles.
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A Computer That Runs on Marbles
In this video I show you a device called Turing Tumble that is an actual working computer with real logic. I show you how it can count, add, subtract and even multiply. I talk about how computers can do simple things very fast.
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A CPU With Just One Instruction!!!

Just one instruction? What?

Visit Oleg Mazonka's SUBLEQ page
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A CPU With Just One Instruction!!!
Can you make a general purpose CPU with just one instruction? Sure! SUBLEQ is an example of a One Instruction Set Computer (OISC). The ultimate RISC machine where the number of instructions has been reduced to 1!

The 1960s Idea of "The Home of 1999" | Flashback | History

So close on so many aspects.
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The 1960s Idea of "The Home of 1999" | Flashback | History
In 1967, Philco-Ford produced a short film exploring what the "Home of the Future" might look like. We re-examine this film to see what they got right about the future - and what was wrong with the past.

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