David Warlick
30+ year educator, author, web-app developer, and public speaker
UCLA's 1948 Mechanical Computer. Build Your Own Digicomp Mechanical Computer! The Digicomp is a plastic mechanical computer from the 1960s.
It offered three bits of tabletop computing, back in an age where corded telephones were considered high-tech. The machine arrived in kit form; your first task was to assemble the jumble of tubes, rods, and elastic bands into something that resembles a Jetson's parking garage. Once complete, it's a fantastic hands-on way to teach Boolean algebra and binary numbers.
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