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(1/4) Intro/History: Introducing a 100-year-old mechanical computer

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Without a line of software, how does a machine know the next step? →Follow a pulse of water in a coffee maker and five scoring pulses in a pinball machine. Valves, cams and magnetic latches each leave an observable moment when the next step becomes possible.This video helps answer · Check the calculation against the motion

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The introduction to Michelson’s harmonic analyzer distinguishes two directions of computation. The machine adds cosines to draw a pattern and can analyze a given pattern into cosine components.

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adds together cosines
(1/4) Intro/History: Introducing a 100-year-old mechanical computer · ▶ 0:16–0:17
It can take a pattern and reveal the cosines
(1/4) Intro/History: Introducing a 100-year-old mechanical computer · ▶ 0:22–0:25

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