Marble Turing Machine

Nov 19 2016 mechanical computing.

Marble turing machine.

Gaming on a mechanical computer on kickstarter. It s fun addicting and while you re at it you discover how computers work. Paul boswell is raising funds for turing tumble. Apologies for the bits i get a bit ramble y but i didn t script the video.

Turing tumble build marble powered computers in this award winning marble run logic game and stem toy for boys and girls age 8 and up brand. I m already thinking of how i could make a minimalist marble computer or a turing machine. Since the game of life can emulate a register machine which is turing complete a simulation of the game of life on a bounded grid should be. Turing tumble is a revolutionary new game where players build marble powered computers to solve logic puzzles.

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Build mechanical computers powered by marbles to solve logic puzzles. We don t know when or if this item will be back in stock. Otherwise try something else think about how each piece is. If the turing tumble has been correctly assembled then the output will match the desired condition and you have solved the puzzle.

Escape planet eniac and discover how computers work. You can get a document on how it works here. This video is the result of six months of trial and error woodworking in my workshop. The first marble flip a little piece of cardboard so if there is a second marble it fills fall in a hole.

Interestingly enough this proof is actually simpler if you try to construct a simulation of conway s game of life in the double switch marble run system instead of a polynomial space turing machine. Once the first marble is released the player is not allowed to interfere with the turing tumble until it runs out of marbles to release or terminates. Turing tumble is a revolutionary new game where players ages 8 to adult build mechanical computers powered by marbles to solve logic puzzles.