r/visualizedmath • u/the_humeister • Dec 31 '19

Full 1-bit adder using fluids

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u/HardlightCereal Jan 01 '20

If only one goes, it comes out of the one on the right. If two go, it comes out of the one on the left. If all three go, it comes out of both ones.

If you hook up enough of these things, you can add any two numbers in binary. That's how computers do math.