Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Lego Logic Gates

Posted by timothy on from the three-little-words dept.

Thud457 writes "LEGO Logic Gates - It's like Babbage, but with bricks. All the gates except XOR are here, and he goes on to develop a clocked flip-flop. While practical mechanical computers may be out, even at the nanotechnological scale, nanomechanical memory may be in. "

5 of 271 comments (clear)

  1. Lego-4 3 GHz, here we come! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    'Tis but a small step to a 64-bit processor with 2 MB of cache. Of course, the bricks might burn up upon power-up, but it's a small price to pay!

  2. No need for XOR by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    XOR can be constructed by combining other gates. You acctually just need NAND-gates to be able to create any other gate or larger structure.

  3. Re:cool by flumps · · Score: 5, Funny

    Have you seen the size of these things? Putting them in any kind of robot would be kinda stupid.

    "Here I am, brain the size of a planet...made out of lego.."

    I think you'd have more luck with the nano versions of these gates. But good luck trying eh :)

    --
    "So there he is, risen from the dead. Like that fella, E. T." - Father Ted Crilly
  4. This post was lifted verbatim from Metafilter by Jude+T.+Obscure · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Have a look - it's identical.

  5. Re:cool by nospmiS+remoH · · Score: 5, Funny

    I for one welcome our new EMP proof lego robot overlords.

    --
    !hoD