Nonelectrical computing.
Originally shared by Maurici Carbo (nummolt apps)
Leonore M. Edman:
(Evil Mad Science LLC)
Functional Binary Digital Mechanical Computer (Digicomp II)
http://www.jameco.com/Jameco/workshop/MyStory/digicomp2.html
"Digi-Comp, the first real binary computer, worked mechanically the same way as the giant computers of the 1960s, which work electrically. In fact, with the addition of many more parts, Digi-Comp could solve very large problems just as an electronic digital computer does. Coolest of all, these operations are all conducted by the action of marbles rolling down a slope, directed by mechanical switches and flip flops, all powered by gravity".
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