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Re:Lego Mechanical Computer by speps on Thursday January 11, 2024 @08:56AM (#38952201)
Steve Mould did one with water: https://youtu.be/IxXaizglscw
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Re:Lego Mechanical Computer by VikingCoder on Thursday January 11, 2024 @10:46AM (#38953806)
And he did one with spintronics:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrkiJZKJfpY

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Re:Lego Mechanical Computer by Aardwolf on Thursday January 11, 2024 @08:58AM (#38952213)
This one uses gravity though! Not the same thing as friction causing wear and tear, but still a similar dependency on a force as the springs/elastic bands. Plus use of gravity means a lot of force is needed to operate many of the gates at the same time
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Re:Lego Mechanical Computer by xaellison on Thursday January 11, 2024 @03:58PM (#38958967)
ok but gravity scales quite nicely as force right?
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