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Mechanical Laser-Cut Gear Fractal Computer

Posted April 15, 2012 4:06 PM

From Boing Boing:

Brent Thome, a computer scientist in San Francisco, is building a mechanical computer out of beautiful, laser-cut gears that will compute and draw fractals. He's documenting as he goes in a fascinating blog, in which he also recounts his adventures with kinetic wooden sculpture.

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Re: Mechanical Laser-Cut Gear Fractal Computer

04/16/2012 2:08 AM

This collection by itself looks like a fractal! Nice job.

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