Home-Built Turing Machine 123
stronghawk writes "The creator of the Nickel-O-Matic is back at it and has now built a Turing Machine from a Parallax Propeller chip-based controller, motors, a dry-erase marker and a non-infinite supply of shiny 35mm leader film. From his FAQ: 'While thinking about Turing machines I found that no one had ever actually built one, at least not one that looked like Turing's original concept (if someone does know of one, please let me know). There have been a few other physical Turing machines like the Logo of Doom, but none were immediately recognizable as Turing machines. As I am always looking for a new challenge, I set out to build what you see here.'"
Cool...I think. (Score:2, Insightful)
I admire people who build things like this, but at the same time I also wonder just why the heck they do it.
I guess that's the difference between people, I'd rather build something new than re-create something that's been done before. (Honestly not trying to sound like an ass, just find it interesting.)
hmmm (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Cool...I think. (Score:4, Insightful)
Technically... (Score:5, Insightful)
Re: I found that no one had ever actually built on (Score:5, Insightful)
All in the head? (Score:3, Insightful)
Re: I found that no one had ever actually built on (Score:4, Insightful)
Incorrect. The keyboard, mouse, and audio input insure it is indeed a Turing machine with infinite input.
bad moderation (Score:3, Insightful)
It looks like some berserk moderators got in here. Why all the troll mods?
Setting aside the Turing stuff... (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Isn't this actually using three states? (Score:3, Insightful)