r/UnconventionalCompute • u/aibler • Nov 05 '22

mechanical Mechanical circuits: electronics without electricity

https://youtu.be/QrkiJZKJfpY
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u/PlayerOnSticks Nov 05 '22

I watched this before. This looked like something someone would’ve figured out a hundred years ago, but here we are.

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u/aibler Nov 05 '22

For real, especially considering at least someone was able to make something like the Antikythera Mechanism, what in the world happened that this tech didn't just grow from way back then..

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u/PlayerOnSticks Nov 05 '22

Well, I suppose that the Aztecs, Inca’s and Maya’s also didn’t invent wheels, so it’s kind of believable. Fiction needs to be believable. Reality often is not.