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One for the engineering geeks

peasant · 2010-06-22 18:17:11

Conrad Zuse, the inventor of the first (mechanical) computer would have been 100 years old today. Here's the "Z1" assembled in his parent's living room much cooler than that though is the self assembling "helix tower" Fascinating (for engineering minded people :D) video of it working in this link…

22-06-2010 7:17pm

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Conrad Zuse, the inventor of the first (mechanical) computer would have been 100 years old today.

Here's the "Z1" assembled in his parent's living room

much cooler than that though is the self assembling "helix tower"

Fascinating (for engineering minded people ) video of it working in this link
http://www.deutsches-museum.de/ausstellungen/sonderausstellungen/2010/konrad-zuse/
(middle of the page, enlarge for full effect)

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