Wooden marble machine that adds binary numbers
MatthiasWandel · Demo · 4 min · 2007 · YouTube title: Marble adding machine
Why it's here
HN cites it as the classic example of a mechanical binary adder and a source of inspiration for marble-based computers.
What it covers
Matthias Wandel shows his wooden machine that adds binary numbers using marbles. It demonstrates computation with purely mechanical logic.