http://www.chrisfenton.com Home to a cunning artificer Mon, 15 Oct 2012 02:37:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.chrisfenton.com/the-fibiac/#comment-61 Victor Escobar Mon, 14 May 2012 02:32:35 +0000 http://chrisfenton.com/?page_id=392#comment-61 This is awesome. It would be a great tool for comp sci/comp engineering students to see a concrete, physical model of computation working in front of their eyes. One of the complaints I hear from most people is that computers are a mysterious 'black box' and their operations are airy-fairy and abstract. Wouldn't it be nice to have children construct and assemble these electro-mechanical computers and see an albeit simplified explanation of how computers work? This is awesome. It would be a great tool for comp sci/comp engineering students to see a concrete, physical model of computation working in front of their eyes. One of the complaints I hear from most people is that computers are a mysterious ‘black box’ and their operations are airy-fairy and abstract. Wouldn’t it be nice to have children construct and assemble these electro-mechanical computers and see an albeit simplified explanation of how computers work?

]]> http://www.chrisfenton.com/the-fibiac/#comment-60 Olaf Sun, 13 May 2012 22:56:53 +0000 http://chrisfenton.com/?page_id=392#comment-60 Looks like a good candidate for printing the molds and then casting the registers. Looks like a good candidate for printing the molds and then casting the registers.

]]> http://www.chrisfenton.com/the-fibiac/#comment-59 Nelson Bishop Sun, 13 May 2012 14:43:13 +0000 http://chrisfenton.com/?page_id=392#comment-59 Reminds me of Konrad Zuse building his Z1 in his parents' apartment. You rule! Reminds me of Konrad Zuse building his Z1 in his parents’ apartment. You rule!

]]> http://www.chrisfenton.com/the-fibiac/#comment-58 vsergeev Sun, 13 May 2012 04:22:19 +0000 http://chrisfenton.com/?page_id=392#comment-58 Awesome project! Off-the-shelf computers printing computers--even if it's a basic electromechanical one to start--is a significant achievement from a philosophical point of view. Thanks for proving it possible. Awesome project! Off-the-shelf computers printing computers–even if it’s a basic electromechanical one to start–is a significant achievement from a philosophical point of view. Thanks for proving it possible.

]]> http://www.chrisfenton.com/the-fibiac/#comment-57 Mikel Sun, 13 May 2012 02:02:35 +0000 http://chrisfenton.com/?page_id=392#comment-57 This is pretty cool. Well done for taking the time to actually build something like this. I like the gradient you have chosen, "one arm tied behind your back". :) This is pretty cool. Well done for taking the time to actually build something like this. I like the gradient you have chosen, “one arm tied behind your back”.

]]> http://www.chrisfenton.com/the-fibiac/#comment-56 The FIBIAC lives! » NYC Resistor » Electronics, Hacking, Classes, and Workspace. Tue, 08 May 2012 01:15:26 +0000 http://chrisfenton.com/?page_id=392#comment-56 [...] the FIBIAC! Its loud! It computes! It uses actual punch cards! Come to our party and see it in [...] [...] the FIBIAC! Its loud! It computes! It uses actual punch cards! Come to our party and see it in [...]

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