Lego computing
Jul. 14th, 2005 06:27 pmTuring machine: http://mapageweb.umontreal.ca/cousined/lego/5-Machines/Turing/Turing.html
[Edit: Also at http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/06/12/lego-turing-machine.html, and actually a variant machine provably equivalent to a Turing machine.]
Babbage engine (bits of): http://www.cclrc.ac.uk/Activity/MAD;SECTION=8574;
[Edit: latter link now dead, http://www.stfc.ac.uk/PandS/SchEdu/MAD/involved.aspx has a mention.]
[Edit: Also at http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/06/12/lego-turing-machine.html, and actually a variant machine provably equivalent to a Turing machine.]
Babbage engine (bits of): http://www.cclrc.ac.uk/Activity/MAD;SECTION=8574;
[Edit: latter link now dead, http://www.stfc.ac.uk/PandS/SchEdu/MAD/involved.aspx has a mention.]