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Home-Built Turing Machine 123

Posted by Soulskill on Friday March 26, 2010 @01:31PM from the i'll-order-a-dozen dept.

stronghawk writes "The creator of the Nickel-O-Matic is back at it and has now built a Turing Machine from a Parallax Propeller chip-based controller, motors, a dry-erase marker and a non-infinite supply of shiny 35mm leader film. From his FAQ: 'While thinking about Turing machines I found that no one had ever actually built one, at least not one that looked like Turing's original concept (if someone does know of one, please let me know). There have been a few other physical Turing machines like the Logo of Doom, but none were immediately recognizable as Turing machines. As I am always looking for a new challenge, I set out to build what you see here.'"

Comment Bork bork pizza (Score 1) 920

by StRex on Friday December 11, 2009 @10:45PM (#30410170) Attached to: The best pizza I have ever had, I found ...

I've eaten pizza both in Stockholm and in Uppsala (no idea where; the in-laws ordered carryout) and very much enjoyed it both places. Sure, it doesn't taste exactly like American pizza, but I'd be disappointed if it did.

Submission + - Sequoia to publish source code for voting machines (wired.com)

Submitted by cecille on Wednesday October 28, 2009 @01:11PM

cecille writes: Voting machine maker Sequoia announced on Tuesday that they plan to release the source code for their new optical-scan voting machine. The source code will be released in November for public review. The company claims the announcement is unrelated to the recent release of the source code for a prototype voting machine by the Open Source Digital Voting Foundation (http://osdv.org). According to a VP quoted in the press release, "Security through obfuscation and secrecy is not security."

Submission + - Russia Develops Spaceship with Nuclear Engine (spacefellowship.com)

Submitted by Matt_dk on Wednesday October 28, 2009 @12:21PM

Matt_dk writes: The Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos has developed a design for a piloted spacecraft powered by a nuclear engine, the head of the agency said on Wednesday. “The project is aimed at implementing large-scale space exploration programs,” Anatoly Perminov said at a meeting of the commission on the modernization of the Russian economy. He added that the development of Megawatt-class nuclear space power systems (MCNSPS) for manned spacecraft was crucial for Russia if the country wanted to maintain a competitive edge in the space race, including the exploration of the Moon and Mars.

Comment Re:Windows Mobile and Voice Commander (Score 1) 141

by StRex on Monday September 08, 2008 @10:29PM (#24928447) Attached to: Cell Phone For the Blind?

Interestingly though, blind folks have far more trouble in interpreting the output of their phones. They can work with pressing a sequence of buttons to launch an app or place a call, but end up dead in the water when it comes to figuring out a message that appears on-screen.

Submission + - More developments in the Reiser murder case

Submitted by

Fahrvergnuugen

on Friday May 04, 2007 @02:47PM

Fahrvergnuugen writes: "Wired is running a story about how an ex-lover of the missing wife of accused spouse killer Hans Reiser has confessed to killing eight people unrelated to the case.

Reiser will stand trial for the murder. This development will undoubtedly complicate things."

Text Messaging Device For the Hearing Impaired? 86

Posted by Cliff on Friday May 04, 2007 @10:39AM from the no-frills-messaging dept.

spaceball1 asks: "I was in the army and served in Iraq — one of the side effects being some permanent hearing loss. I now wear hearing aids all of the time, in both ears. Talking on a cell phone has become nearly impossible. I have considered moving to a device more geared towards text messaging, but they are all very expensive and have a lot of the features that I will never use. Are there any devices out there that are geared only towards simple text messaging? The No-Frills-Cell-Phone concept has been largely ignored in the US; does a No-Frills-Text-Messaging device exist?"

Spirit Rover Reaches Safety 147

Posted by Zonk on Monday April 10, 2006 @05:28PM from the go-little-buddy-go dept.

dylanduck writes "Good news for rover fans - Spirit is safe for the winter. It had been heading for a north-tilting spot to make sure its solar panels got enough sunlight during the imminent winter to survive, when a sand trap appeared. But, despite its busted wheel, it scooted round and is now sitting pretty. From the article: 'We've got a safe rover,' says principal investigator Steve Squyres. 'That's huge news for us.'"

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