Eco Friendly Turing Machine

September 11th, 2011 by admin | Print
Eco Friendly Turing Machine

Now a green and environmentally friendly Turing machine has been invented. This Turing machine was made this year and has cooked up a storm. This machine solves tough problems and algorithms and has been made from wood and scrap metal. It works with the help of levers and cams and uses electricity to power the small motor. This machine is like the Turing Machine and has been created by Jim MacArthur, a software engineer.
The Turing machine was first talked about in 1937 by Alan Turing; it was a machine that could find the shortcomings of computation. This machine finds out the limits of computation using and does calculations by using a set of rules to manipulate symbols on a tape strip. But the new Turing machine uses ball bearings placed on a steel grid.
But this Turing machine is not so much like the original; the original one uses a strip whereas this one does not. It may take months to compute basic things. But according to MacArthur, it is useful for educational purposes.


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