IIRC, someone has done a water fountain with fluid logic, making some sort of counter -- maybe a LFSR shift register. Has anyone seen this? Rich ------------------- Quoting James Propp <jamespropp@gmail.com>:
In conjunction with the Global Math Project, I'm putting together a list of videos showing interesting forms of binary calculation, using water in cups, trains on tracks, etc.:
http://mathenchant.org/binary.html
I'm aware that the categorization of the links is a bit inconsistent; I plan to fix that before I publicize the webpage broadly. For now I'm mostly looking for more interesting links, and I figure that some of you will know about things I'm unaware of.
I also am chasing the idea (mirage?) of a robust, cheap, easy-to-build binary calculator that could be taken on as an in-class project by students around the world. (Call it the mathematical equivalent of the penny-a-shot rotavirus vaccine.) I have no idea how to build such a thing, but maybe some really clever person has already figured it out.
Thanks,
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