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Billiard Ball Computer is just made out of billiard balls :). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billiard-ball_computer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billiard-ball_
by sytelus 9y ago
Billiard Ball Computer is just made out of billiard balls :).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billiard-ball_computer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billiard-ball_computer
It's turing complete. I'm wondering if the mechanism described in paper does something above and beyond...
- colordrops 9y agoI believe that this is the idea behind reversible computing, which I would assume would require superconducting circuits needing energy only to drive inputs, and the CPU would expend negligible heat.
- pavel_lishin 9y agoPlus, you can implement it with crabs! http://www.complex-systems.com/abstracts/v20_i02_a02.html http://www.complex-systems.com/abstracts/v20_i02_a02.html https://www.wired.com/2012/04/soldier-crabs/ https://www.wired.com/2012/04/soldier-crabs/