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There was some service (maybe still around) that did this with cameras and lava lamps. edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavarand https://en.wikipedia.org/w
by DigitalJack 10y ago
There was some service (maybe still around) that did this with cameras and lava lamps.
edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavarand https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavarand
- grahamburger 10y agoAlso random.org. I thought I remembered seeing one that used radioactive decay to generate random files for download but I can't find it now.
- pbhjpbhj 10y agoWell CERN produce terabytes of data from experiments (when running!); particle collision images must be random with much more disorder than mere decay timings.
- Jach 10y agoHotBits: https://www.fourmilab.ch/hotbits/ https://www.fourmilab.ch/hotbits/ Also quantum 'randomness': https://qrng.anu.edu.au https://qrng.anu.edu.au
- jaunkst 10y agoAwesome, at least I am not crazy. A lava lamp was not my first choice but somehow fitting :)
- jlgaddis 10y agoI can't remember their names off the top of my head (not near a PC) but there are packages available for some Linux distributions that use your audio (i.e. microphone) and video (i.e. webcam) input devices for generating entropy.