Coloring computers: non-electronic computers that work when you color them
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#2Ah, the title is truncated
non-electronic computers that work when you color them according to a simple set of rules.
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#3It’s cute but it just makes me miss the days where kids could go to the library and load up Rocky’s Boots on an Apple ][. That’s how I learned logic gates and it stuck.
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#4It’s cute but it just makes me miss the days where kids could go to the library and load up Rocky’s Boots on an Apple ][. That’s how I learned logic gates and it stuck. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky%27s_Boots
These days that library can be found here: https://archive.org/details/Rockys_Boots_1982_Learning_Compa...
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#5I love the idea, but the instructions could be improved. There are a few places where I can imagine kids might get confused or lost.
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#6Recently a friend showed me this, which I thought was pretty nifty: CARDIAC (CARDboard Illustrative Aid to Computation)
"Back in the 1960's and early 70's Bell Labs made some very sophisticated educational kits available to high schools and colleges. Designed for classroom use, they included wonderful manuals written by some of Bell Labs best minds. One of these kits, introduced in 1968, was CARDIAC: A CARDboard Illustrative Aid to Computation."
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#7I love the idea, but the instructions could be improved. There are a few places where I can imagine kids might get confused or lost.
It's too general/abstract. Instead of a square color and circle color, just pick two colors and go with it.
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#8This reminds me of DynamicLand [0] where Bret Victor [1] was (is?) involved. Looked very exciting but I don't know if that project is still active.
Re: Coloring computers: non-electronic computers that work when you color them
#9I love the idea, but the instructions could be improved. There are a few places where I can imagine kids might get confused or lost.
It's too general/abstract. Instead of a square color and circle color, just pick two colors and go with it.
I guess the reason for that is making the instructions understandable even if printing in b/w.
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#10This reminds me of DynamicLand [0] where Bret Victor [1] was (is?) involved. Looked very exciting but I don't know if that project is still active. [0] https://dynamicland.org/ [1] http://worrydream.com/
Was going to say the same. Is there any open source project that aids in building these types of interfaces? Do these images just transcribe to regular languages? How does this all work?