A Computer That Runs on Marbles

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  • @steadfasttherenowned2460
    @steadfasttherenowned2460 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4357

    Believe it or not, that was one of the best demos I've seen explaining how binary works and how a CPU functions. Good video.

  • @look4lec
    @look4lec 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1152

    As someone who took digital electronics, this seems like a very efficient way to present it. Good work, man. You probably just created a handful of programmers.

    • @atriyakoller136
      @atriyakoller136 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      I wish he didn't speed up the marbles because they are too fast for me to process and understand how it even works. I need a Slow-Motion version :D

    • @azo0ish
      @azo0ish 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@atriyakoller136 just slow down speed of video

    • @coriscotupi
      @coriscotupi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@atriyakoller136 Freeze the video just before the marble starts tumbling down, and then advance frame by frame with the ">" key or back frame by frame, with the "

    • @Lumbeelegend
      @Lumbeelegend 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I wish I had this to conceptualize it, during class. And a speed course on how to count binary.

    • @fundemort
      @fundemort 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He calls them balls, not marbles.

  • @gelatinocyte6270
    @gelatinocyte6270 3 ปีที่แล้ว +803

    "I think the computer is corrupted"
    "It probably lost its marbles"

  • @Llorx
    @Llorx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +612

    First seconds impression: "Nice machin WTF THAT MOUSTACHE"

  • @aghaanantyab
    @aghaanantyab 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1320

    Calculator, what is the answer of 5 + 8?
    Calculator: It is 1 + 4 + 8

    • @RedGallardo
      @RedGallardo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      Haha, yeah. But it's only translation to binary. Then it translates the results back to decimal and lights the right pattern on the screen.

    • @zackjandali
      @zackjandali 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      Hahaha once you have enough bits set up you can make the computer tell you in your language 😁

    • @RedGallardo
      @RedGallardo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      @@zackjandali Yes, but... can it feel... love?!

    • @deltamico
      @deltamico 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@RedGallardo well it could, but... the thing which it feels love to would be already dead

    • @silience4095
      @silience4095 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@RedGallardo Most calculators use Binary Coded Decimal, where each digit in decimal is actually 4 bits.
      In BCD, 37 would be: 0011 0111 because (3) (7)

  • @mr.anonymous1200
    @mr.anonymous1200 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1119

    "True magic of computers is not that they can do complex things, but they can do simple things quickly"
    ~James

    • @thesabre8458
      @thesabre8458 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Mr. Anonymous and then we make AI to make complex things simple

    • @InsaneMetalSoldier
      @InsaneMetalSoldier 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      That was so pleasant to hear

    • @SnahLhug
      @SnahLhug 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@thesabre8458 correction: we use AI to make complex things the laziest, sometimes stupidest way. 🤣

    • @IceMetalPunk
      @IceMetalPunk 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Is there truly a difference? Is there anything in nature that is smart that isn't just doing many simple things quickly?

    • @thesabre8458
      @thesabre8458 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@IceMetalPunk which is why we have ai, which is the art of getting computers to learn which simple calculations matter

  • @tamjidtahim3422
    @tamjidtahim3422 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2293

    when you are not allowed to use a calculator in exams

    • @xiaoshen194
      @xiaoshen194 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @Abhijit Prajapati huh??

    • @markos1623
      @markos1623 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      😂😂😂😂 GENIUS!!!

    • @CONSEQUENCE2020
      @CONSEQUENCE2020 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      It takes an eternity to calculate one equation. so Invizilator will allow you to make calculations using this..He won't care..lol

    • @HandledToaster2
      @HandledToaster2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @bent_dog_4892 your brain can also be a calculator but they're not about to mummify you

    • @mikevelasquez7889
      @mikevelasquez7889 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      lol the time will run out before you finish the exam because it takes long time to build and calculate

  • @lobaxx
    @lobaxx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +393

    Note: A Turing machine is a *theoretical* machine that operates with infinite memory. It’s not a real machine, but rather a mathematical construct used to classify what types of problems can be solved by a machine.
    I think the word you are looking for is *turing complete*. Any machine (or programming language) that is Turing complete can be said to simulate a Turing machine and thus be able to solve the same types of problems.

    • @fanboyhater832
      @fanboyhater832 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Ok genius we get, no one is here is become a computer or a software engineer after this....

    • @goeiecool9999
      @goeiecool9999 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@fanboyhater832 but they might pretend to be online after this.

    • @Wetefah
      @Wetefah 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      But the marble computer isn't turing complete, though.

    • @thdremily
      @thdremily 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@Wetefah I felt the same way, I was not convinced that this marble setup is actually Turing complete, then I looked it up, turns out I was right. The parts shown in this video are not enough to make the computer turing complete, you actually need a bit of gearing included in this kit in order to emulate a turing machine.

    • @Bogusgal
      @Bogusgal 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@fanboyhater832 I am! More knowledge and insight.

  • @vijaynyaya6603
    @vijaynyaya6603 4 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    This great demonstration is a revelation for me. I used to think of computers as smarter-than-human machines. But, all the meaning that I perceived from this video was billions of switches getting truned on and off.

    • @valinorean4816
      @valinorean4816 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      well, the specific arrangement of the switches is very specific, subtle, and important

    • @jamesgornall5731
      @jamesgornall5731 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@valinorean4816 LLC lj mam all like

    • @valinorean4816
      @valinorean4816 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jamesgornall5731 what?

    • @jamesgornall5731
      @jamesgornall5731 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@valinorean4816 no idea think I replied in my sleep

    • @valinorean4816
      @valinorean4816 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@jamesgornall5731 if this happens again you might wanna see the doctor

  • @Robbyrool
    @Robbyrool 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1111

    There are 10 kinds of people: Those who understand binary numbers, and those who don’t.

    • @abhaypatil2000
      @abhaypatil2000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      I see what you did there😂😂

    • @Combes_
      @Combes_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Gottem

    • @seshelbow336
      @seshelbow336 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      I was thinking of that Joke during the video...and here it is, second comment 👍🏻

    • @janikarkkainen3904
      @janikarkkainen3904 3 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      There are 10 kinds of people in the world: those who understand binary, those who don't, and those who prefer ternary.

    • @snorefest1621
      @snorefest1621 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      yes smart*ss

  • @johnm5928
    @johnm5928 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1102

    10 people disliked this video because neither of them understand binary.

    • @Dudleymiddleton
      @Dudleymiddleton 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      like it!

    • @Razor805
      @Razor805 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Nah they are just jealous of that fabulous moustache.

    • @grossio5564
      @grossio5564 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      actually at least one of them knows this was made years ago by MIT
      This is just a copy of it

    • @fundemort
      @fundemort 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Funny its down to 9 dislikes now. Someone switched from 0 to 1.

    • @fundemort
      @fundemort 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Razor805 You made me fkn laughing man fkkk loll.

  • @travellingbard9521
    @travellingbard9521 4 ปีที่แล้ว +333

    Intel: Let's make computer chip out of marbles!

    • @michaelhanson5773
      @michaelhanson5773 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      If they did, at least then they would be releasing a different product whereas the last several years have been same architecture and process nodes... hell, even their 10 series is just another refresh of their cpus they release a couple years ago. :P

    • @3nertia
      @3nertia 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Just think of electrons as tiny little marbles :D

    • @hisensberg1450
      @hisensberg1450 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Keep the likes 69 😂

    • @travellingbard9521
      @travellingbard9521 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@hisensberg1450 lol

    • @zachsteiner
      @zachsteiner 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Michael Hanson 14 nm++++++

  • @LapisOverlord
    @LapisOverlord 4 ปีที่แล้ว +552

    Next video: "How I made self-aware AI that runs on marbles"

    • @DL-kc8fc
      @DL-kc8fc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      It is this video that shows very well our digital world, which is not even close to the so-called artificial intelligence. Artificial intelligence is just a commercial sticker that makes sales easier. We are nowhere near real artificial intelligence, although machines are very convincing in their intelligence simulations. So it should be called an intelligence simulator (SI), not AI. It will take a very long time for real artificial intelligence to appear with its own artificial ego.

    • @disabledchatzen5276
      @disabledchatzen5276 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@DL-kc8fc you're nowhere near being actually intelligent. you are the robot.

    • @DL-kc8fc
      @DL-kc8fc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ​@@disabledchatzen5276 The Google translator nicely demonstrates what it's like with the so-called "artificial intelligence" when it can't translate into a language with little vocabulary, ie English.

    • @I11Vanon
      @I11Vanon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@DL-kc8fc It's a joke.

    • @RedGallardo
      @RedGallardo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah, kinda insane but true. If we work the same, it means a self-aware life can be created of "mechanical" parts. Then we'll have to admit it's the Universe that's alive, and we're only waves on its surface.

  • @samarjain214
    @samarjain214 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The 280 people that disliked the video did that cause they didn't understand binary or were jealous that they couldn't do such *mind boggling* stuff like this man does... Hats off mann👍🏼
    I've learnt from you more than that from my computer teacher.. 😂

  • @ezrichie2006
    @ezrichie2006 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Probably one of the most practical examples of what a computer is that I've ever seen! Excellent work!

  • @jaykore524
    @jaykore524 4 ปีที่แล้ว +297

    Them:- You can't make a computer on a sketchboard without electricity.
    My bro:- hold my marbles

    • @wessmall7957
      @wessmall7957 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Marbles go brrrrr

    • @jaykore524
      @jaykore524 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@wessmall7957 yep. Haha

    • @DaSnipy
      @DaSnipy 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      ippon xD +1

    • @KSPAtlas
      @KSPAtlas 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      The :- symbol is outdated

    • @dannydetonator
      @dannydetonator 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@KSPAtlas I never seen that before. Nothing's outdated.

  • @raymitchell9736
    @raymitchell9736 4 ปีที่แล้ว +108

    This was a fun video! Technically, it's powered by gravity _with_ marbles... but I know what you mean, I've seen a large scale version of one at the Maker Faire it was a lot of fun to watch and teaches aspects of computer architecture... having taught this subject myself in California State University, I can say that you make this subject matter accessible to everyone, including young viewers, and wish I had all this when I was growing up. My first exposure to binary was during a visit to the Exploratorium in San Francisco. I was about 8 yrs old and there was an interactive exhibit (they all were) with switches and lights and I self-taught myself (nobody around to explain how it worked) but I had fun learning how to play the conversion game... when I figured it out it was like a lightning bolt of inspiration that hit me... you're doing good work here on You Tube... I hope you had the time to read my lengthy comment! (we live in a TLDR world)

    • @calvinh9837
      @calvinh9837 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I read your comment, it was great and inspirational!

    • @aaardvaaark
      @aaardvaaark 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Even more technically, it's powered by his arms lifting the marbles up to the top of the machine, giving them potential energy.

    • @HandledToaster2
      @HandledToaster2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@aaardvaaark and activating the first marble drop too, starting the chain reaction

    • @melvin3509
      @melvin3509 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ...

    • @aaardvaaark
      @aaardvaaark 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@SeriouslyWeirdDream Well said.

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache 4 ปีที่แล้ว +377

    This guy gives Wintergatan's music machine a decent challenge

    • @ezeke959
      @ezeke959 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Does a mustache make you infamous?

    • @PopCapMusicTrending
      @PopCapMusicTrending 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Does a mustache make you infamous?

    • @uuproverlord8324
      @uuproverlord8324 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      does a mustache make you infamous?

    • @itm154
      @itm154 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hello again

    • @atharvakapade
      @atharvakapade 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Jellal

  • @CraigNiel
    @CraigNiel 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It's mad that Turing invented this nearly 100 years ago and I'm sat watching an explanation of exactly how it all works and I'm still completely lost! Guy was a genius!

    • @DevDreCW
      @DevDreCW 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      tbf he does kind of skip over the logic system, that part still doesn't make sense to me.

  • @mbsaxman600
    @mbsaxman600 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This has got to be one of the coolest videos I've ever seen.

  • @anipodat394
    @anipodat394 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Wow that's neat! It's mind boggling to imagine this happening billions of times per second on the device we're using to type and watch this video on!

    • @weeb69
      @weeb69 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No one has ._.

    • @wessmall7957
      @wessmall7957 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Image one guy that can add two 8-bit binary numbers together in a second. Now imagine 8 of those guys working as a team to add two 64 bit numbers together in a second. Now imagine a warehouse of 1000 teams adding numbers together. Now imagine 1000 of these warehouses. Now, in about 20 minutes, these 1000 warehouses can add up as many numbers as a computer can in 1 second.

  • @ranaksharma1468
    @ranaksharma1468 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I liked this video because it explained me how computer just understands everything using just 1 & 0

  • @chillenth
    @chillenth 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    As someone in the IT world who understands WHAT the hardware is capable of doing, this was an incredible explanation of a concept I've struggled to understand, which is HOW the hardware does what is does. Thank you!

  • @beepboopgpt1439
    @beepboopgpt1439 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This just gave me the scope of how genius Allan Turing is and all the people who pioneedred the Computer.

  • @amritanshchaubey231
    @amritanshchaubey231 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Unbelievable explanation of working of modern computer and in same way computer program works.

  • @skuared4508
    @skuared4508 4 ปีที่แล้ว +326

    “Mom can I have a calculator?”
    Mom: We have a calculator at home.
    *Calculator at home:*

    • @RedGallardo
      @RedGallardo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      This joke is more funny every 20000 times it's used =P

    • @paodeskate822
      @paodeskate822 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      This calculator looks more fun to watch.

    • @Tesseract9630
      @Tesseract9630 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I don't get it

  • @AshrZ
    @AshrZ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +651

    Me: Mom, can I have a computer?
    Mom: Asher, we already have a computer at home!
    Computer at home:

  • @lucastsui5415
    @lucastsui5415 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    This is actually a game with puzzles and even a plot where you fix a computer and find out many things about the mysterious planet you are stranded on.

  • @Kaldrin
    @Kaldrin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This is one of the clearest binary system explanations I've ever seen, good job man

  • @MrKbtor2
    @MrKbtor2 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Absolutely amazing! I showed it to my high school computer science class. Half had an epiphany and the rest were just mesmerized. Even the "slackers".

  • @mireazma
    @mireazma 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Interesting facts:
    - both with addition and subtraction, the left register always decrements and the right register increments or decrements, respectively.
    - flippers setup for incrementing is the exact mirror of that for decrementing.
    - incrementing setup is made so:
    --- top most bit (most insignificant bit) flipper always flip
    --- any bit that happens to flip to the right (0 -> 1) takes a route to avoid all bits below it
    --- any bit that happens to flip to the left (1 -> 0) flips the bit immediately below.

  • @EngCoM
    @EngCoM 4 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    The Action Lab: Now that we know we can count...

  • @4realGTFOH
    @4realGTFOH 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I always wondered how computers actually worked at the core or how a simple calculator always got the right answer. Thanks for this

  • @julianfogel5635
    @julianfogel5635 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great video, here are some notes.
    The machine in the video is neither a CPU nor a Turing machine since it can only be programmed to perform one instruction and stop.
    It has only a handful of hand-programmed registers, no other memory, and each instruction it can perform must be hand programmed.
    You could call it a hand-programmable ALU (Arithmetic-Logic Unit).
    To be a CPU it would also need to be able to execute a series of instructions automatically, including branches and jumps.
    To get a Turing machine it would also need an expandable memory bank added to it.
    You can use this machine as a building block for making an actual computer, but such a computer would be so much bigger and much more complicated, probably taking up an entire room.

  • @johnendsley5462
    @johnendsley5462 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    An excellent way of teaching basic microprocessor logic. Definitely makes it interesting. Maybe could have included a little more detail on how he "programmed" it to do what he did, but overall excellent

  • @Master0fHyrule
    @Master0fHyrule 4 ปีที่แล้ว +230

    Can it run minesweeper?

    • @aspiringscientificjournali1505
      @aspiringscientificjournali1505 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Yes you can make a knockoff version allot easier as well

    • @aspiringscientificjournali1505
      @aspiringscientificjournali1505 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      You can make a " random number generator"
      Then use it's out put to prime a second board
      Or several boards on the second layer and
      And depending on how far you you want to deviate
      Alternatively you can do this all on a huge board but will be messy

    • @pavelpavlicek1209
      @pavelpavlicek1209 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Bigger. BIGGER!!!

    • @dangerdawgz6072
      @dangerdawgz6072 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ​@@icodestuff6241 have you seen Plinko

    • @kos256
      @kos256 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      if enough bits and simplified graphics then yes

  • @jonathanbukey4424
    @jonathanbukey4424 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I've always known how computers work, but I still can't imagine how we create actual chips and computer systems that turn 1s and 0s into the games and programs we see today.

    • @Naverdo
      @Naverdo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Even more amazing considering a transistor is just a few atoms wide

    • @vaporre6424
      @vaporre6424 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I know right? Even the fact that your normal electric fan can run all from a simple signal of electricity.. Its crazy.

    • @WesleyZeon
      @WesleyZeon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      You should take a look at Ben eater videos he has a bunch of videos that will help you, he even creates a gpu using logic gates.

    • @ColinTimmins
      @ColinTimmins 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Wesley Lima - He has a series of videos building a basic computer from scratch. Really informative for anyone interested in programming or digital electronics. I wish they had this level of teaching when I was in school.

    • @prumchhangsreng979
      @prumchhangsreng979 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That because its not sth one person do. Maybe there are someone out there who study this thing alot. But originally, computer was simple and it getting more complex and complex by different smart people over the century. So unlese u are as smart as hundred of smart people combine, u cant do all of that alone.
      They create abstraction for complex stuff. So instead of coding from the core itself of 0 and 1. People create a program that are more user friendly to us. For example: operating system like Window10. Then within that program, people create a program to create another program for example: Unity, a software that ppl use to create game. Then inside the game, some developer allow user to create their own level. Its just abstraction within abstraction

  • @dvilardi
    @dvilardi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    This is awesome! I see why you accelerated the marbles falling part of the video (otherwise the video would take too long), but can you also upload the normal speed version as a part 2? Even on 0.25x it's too fast to understand lol.

  • @onkarmane8760
    @onkarmane8760 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I’m 22 years old and this is the first time I understood how a microchip and a computer really works! Thank you 😊 keep creating such content

  • @sc_mapping
    @sc_mapping 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    i learnt more with this channel than i will ever learn in my entire school career

  • @nerdexproject
    @nerdexproject 4 ปีที่แล้ว +167

    But how anybody gets to understand in what way to set up this thing so that it follows a certain logic is beyond me.

    • @gotjunkin1401
      @gotjunkin1401 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Even though it's so simple but so complicated for me, i give things more than it takes idk

    • @Thestickcreator
      @Thestickcreator 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      That's what programmers do :) They invent algorithms, whether they are computed by a so-basic machine or a computer! The "smarter" the programmer is, the more efficient the algorithm will be.

    • @geli95us
      @geli95us 4 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      Computer science undergrad here, the way they did it is building abstractions over abstractions, with a bunch of transistors you can make logical gates, once you have logical gates, you don't care about transistors anymore, and you work with logical gates, you then build operations with the logical gates, and stop worrying about the gates, you start talking about operations (sums, rests, multiplications) you then go on building more complex operations using the operations you have, when a programmer works with a computer, he usually works with the complex stuff others have built for him

    • @socraja5777
      @socraja5777 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @nerdexpoeject
      yr not alone.Im with u 2. :))

    • @ntmq1986
      @ntmq1986 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Daniel well said Daniel

  • @רפאל-ב
    @רפאל-ב 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Nice mustache
    As a programmer i am very fascinated with this topic, thanks for the video

  • @157premprakash8
    @157premprakash8 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    One of the best video i have ever watched on youtube.....Thanks a lot for explaining this to me🔥🔥

  • @Autonova
    @Autonova 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I’ve worked with computers for years and this is the best explanation I’ve seen, I’ll never look at them the same way.

  • @kummer45
    @kummer45 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is simply one of the best class I ever received in computer science. It's simply fascinating when someone explains analysis in these terms.
    Computers are NOT trivial.

  • @billiedavis8755
    @billiedavis8755 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    That was amazing! I've seen the film about Alan Turing and how he built his computer to decipher enigma. But just watching how this works in miniature and that it really does come up with the correct answers is totally fascinating. Thank you for sharing this.

  • @JayDeeChannel
    @JayDeeChannel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +95

    I’m a little confused. Why did it take 10 balls to add 5 & 8? How does the machine know when to stop sending balls? Or was that manual?
    Edit: I see it, the final ball is caught after 13 is reached and not allowed to follow through to activate the ball drop lever. Actually that could have been pointed out. Thank you.

    • @RizalBudiLeksono
      @RizalBudiLeksono 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks

    • @samhorne5184
      @samhorne5184 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Yeah, I had to watch them all on slo-mo a few times to understand. He could have added a real time decimal counters for each register to show the current values and slowed down the marble drops to make it clearer but it's still a great video!

    • @duck1sgood
      @duck1sgood 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@samhorne5184 thats terrible for audience retention and it will drive his channel into the ground

    • @nikolairubinskii6450
      @nikolairubinskii6450 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Falling balls just provide energy for the machine

    • @Maldito011316
      @Maldito011316 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      That was the second thing he showed, even before counting the number of bald

  • @ranaali212
    @ranaali212 4 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    Look at that mustache

    • @ramanuj_g
      @ramanuj_g 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Looks great

    • @outandabout259
      @outandabout259 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It is getting bigger!

    • @peppem94marsala
      @peppem94marsala 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Supermario

    • @SethFey
      @SethFey 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I hadn't seen his videos in a while and thought he was wearing a fake one

  • @martandaditya6940
    @martandaditya6940 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    One of the best Action Lab videos ever!! Didn't know this is really how computers worked

  • @eugeneg1455
    @eugeneg1455 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is just brilliant.. I almost cried on how superb it is demonstrated!! I need such a board for my kids now! This is way more simplistic than trying to explain logical elements with Minecraft Redstone Dust.

  • @ChairmanMeezy
    @ChairmanMeezy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Now this one was my favorite video! Excuse me while I go make my own computer!

  • @kuro._aert
    @kuro._aert 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Man really be teaching way easier, fun and understandable maths and computer better than school education

  • @Morgwic
    @Morgwic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    Why is the most interesting parts sped up :(

    • @jetison333
      @jetison333 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Seriously, at least give us a few marbles going through it

    • @Anankin12
      @Anankin12 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      You can slow down the speed of the video to ¼ of its normal speed. But I agree.

    • @victormponcec
      @victormponcec 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      right? lol

    • @masonhunter2748
      @masonhunter2748 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi

    • @lookatthisvidsandfun
      @lookatthisvidsandfun 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I also would love a real time speed of this video!

  • @oblivionrapture1469
    @oblivionrapture1469 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love the way you visually show complicated topics, like I didn’t understand binary or computers at all but now I can visualize them better

  • @MyLifeOfficial
    @MyLifeOfficial 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I remember when this dude hardly had any subscribers... But it's videos like these that has earned him so many subscribers.

  • @DownhillAllTheWay
    @DownhillAllTheWay 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    When I explained digital computer circuits to my dad, he remarked "They can only count up to one!"

  • @even___
    @even___ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +105

    Calling a computer a black box is like calling a human a piece of flesh.

    • @zeekke_
      @zeekke_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thats a good one😂😂😂

    • @girishkumarpeddi6266
      @girishkumarpeddi6266 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Boomers: well duh, the computer is the thing on the desk not the trash can on the floor

    • @undefined6512
      @undefined6512 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      "It helps no one to be reductive"
      -Xavier

    • @leestreex9085
      @leestreex9085 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Blackbox is a device that works mysteriously, but you can still use it to do works for you.
      I think it's an engineering terms.

    • @danieljensen2626
      @danieljensen2626 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Black box is just a term for something where it does what you want but you have no idea how it works on the inside.

  • @noorazmi2329
    @noorazmi2329 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I felt dizzy thinking of how my mind can't keep up with my cellphone processing speed. We have a monster in our hand.

    • @danieljensen2626
      @danieljensen2626 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Computers are really dumb monsters though. Elementary school kids can do all of the basic functions that a CPU can do, it takes smart people to figure out how to do something useful with the ability to do those basic operations billions of times a second.

    • @rogg0224
      @rogg0224 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@danieljensen2626 oh, yeah, I could do calculus in elementary

    • @bearwastaken6579
      @bearwastaken6579 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@danieljensen2626 tell that to my 5 Ghz intel core i9

    • @MadScientist267
      @MadScientist267 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wait 20 years when you refer to it as "that antique piece of crap?" 🤣

    • @spinyslasher6586
      @spinyslasher6586 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@rogg0224 THe computer doesn't do calculus the way humans do. They perform multiple simple calculations at ridiculous speeds to achieve results. Most normal humans would just pass that problem through a formula. So a computer is basically an elementary schooler with super speed.

  • @samhorne5184
    @samhorne5184 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fantastic! After many years of trying and failing, I finally understand computers!

  • @micahnightwolf
    @micahnightwolf 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I learned how computers (and logic gates) work using redstone in Minecraft. This is, for me, the easiest example to follow.

  • @maya20484
    @maya20484 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Oh gosh, now he has a moustache - he is looking more and more like Tesla

  • @oinves7619
    @oinves7619 4 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    2020: a computer that runs on marbles
    3020: a computer that runs on memes

    • @atriyakoller136
      @atriyakoller136 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      4020: a computer that runs on Jenna Marbles

    • @shopenil1157
      @shopenil1157 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      5020 : world of magic (science)

    • @Wonders_of_Reality
      @Wonders_of_Reality 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@shopenil1157 The best kind of magic! The magic of reality!
      Sorry, I couldn’t resist.

    • @Sciencigo
      @Sciencigo 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Wonders_of_Reality Ikr science is awesome!

    • @cotasamnemano366
      @cotasamnemano366 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      6020: a computer run on milk.

  • @AlvinBalvin321
    @AlvinBalvin321 4 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    I’m working on a Minecraft computer...

    • @sudipbaral7962
      @sudipbaral7962 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Are you????? Really?

    • @illuminate4622
      @illuminate4622 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@sudipbaral7962 search "redstone computer"

    • @megalexantros
      @megalexantros 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Λϊνΐηβαινιη;

    • @AlvinBalvin321
      @AlvinBalvin321 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sudip Baral yeah, but it might not work out the best lol

    • @smallerabyss662
      @smallerabyss662 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Redstone without limits has some good tutorials if it helps.

  • @andreasgottlicher7870
    @andreasgottlicher7870 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Genious, love the way he explains with passion and easily understandable

  • @mradu30singh
    @mradu30singh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I think its best video u have created. Now i know whats the use of computer organisation subject in computer study.

  • @LePetitChatNoir79
    @LePetitChatNoir79 4 ปีที่แล้ว +186

    I understood to a point. I’ll need a book like: “Computer Basics for Absolute Morons” to understand. 😐

    • @mradu30singh
      @mradu30singh 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      😁

    • @kos256
      @kos256 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      i can be ur book. i know how to explain it

    • @posalusa24
      @posalusa24 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      "But how do it know?" by J Clark Scott is one of the best books I have ever read. It explains how each component of a computer is made from the ground up, starting with simple logic gates.

    • @Bogusgal
      @Bogusgal 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@posalusa24 Thanks!!!!

    • @kunxv15
      @kunxv15 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      learn the binary system first (as this video did not really teach it properly), then the rest will be easy to understand

  • @pimpao966
    @pimpao966 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    6:04 with that ultra tech calc we can multiply 2*3 in only 10 seconds

  • @nityodaytekchandani701
    @nityodaytekchandani701 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Okay you explained to me what 2 years of school couldn't.

  • @kos256
    @kos256 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I actually knew how binary works beforehand but the fact that the turning machine even works blows my mind.

  • @markusgarvey
    @markusgarvey 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    THANK YOU RANDALL (I know you are the Badger guy)
    I learned more about how bits and registers work than I did in A+ Certification.

  • @ktostam
    @ktostam 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    When you are so early that there are no good comments.

    • @notveryrea1
      @notveryrea1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Well then you should write the good comment

    • @HandledToaster2
      @HandledToaster2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There are never good comments. Not anymore thanks to the "Nobody" trend

    • @Eveer.r
      @Eveer.r 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Turing in the 19 thirties: when you're too early there're no good computers

  • @iainballas
    @iainballas 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Instructions unclear.
    Accidentally wound up with 42.

  • @garychap8384
    @garychap8384 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    *Me:* So, y'see... computers don't do very much at all, but they do it very quickly
    *My GF:* Then you have a lot in common!
    *Me:* [awkward silence]

  • @philips2247540
    @philips2247540 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hope lectures will use this videos in coming days...students will benefit a lot from this.

  • @tjey2684
    @tjey2684 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I know how to count binary with my fingers since I can remember but now I understand how it works. Great video

  • @joey9385
    @joey9385 4 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    In Mother Russia, we used to use these computers

    • @ithaca2076
      @ithaca2076 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      We know

    • @tapank415
      @tapank415 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ithaca2076 Am i on watchlist too? :O

    • @ithaca2076
      @ithaca2076 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@tapank415 yea

    • @LanaaAmor
      @LanaaAmor 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ey ma nigga vlad! Wassup homie?

    • @Wonders_of_Reality
      @Wonders_of_Reality 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Так вот на что вы время тратите, Владимир Владимирович! Нет чтобы поработать на благо государства!
      That’s what you spend your time on, Vladimir Vladimirovich! As if you couldn’t do something useful for your state!

  • @theftlery07
    @theftlery07 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    "Lets see how many balls we have"
    Me: Uh Oh

  • @WilliamSanOriginal
    @WilliamSanOriginal 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Me: how much is the total
    The shop keeper: hold on let me use my calculator
    *The calculator
    Me: waits for eternity

  • @eatfruitsalad345
    @eatfruitsalad345 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    pretty mind blowing that someone came up with this!! thank you for explaining this in such an accessible way

  • @Alan-zb5pn
    @Alan-zb5pn 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Probably the coolest video I ever seen, Its basic coding.

  • @bscher5003
    @bscher5003 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Does anyone still remember how to cross NAND gates to make RS flip-flops, or JKs, or D-flops? We came along way since 1970 TTL. I've already lost all of my Marbles. Back to the Future.

    • @MadScientist267
      @MadScientist267 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Just the people designing modern processors. At the die level, it's all still there just like it ever was... Just insane tiny and zillions of them.
      Only others you're gonna find are die hard hobby level... Gonna be rare, but they're out there.

  • @distortedkid123
    @distortedkid123 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Isn't Alan Turing the guy that helped decipher German radio messages or something during WW2?

    • @pushkarsaoji7734
      @pushkarsaoji7734 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah and the machine he used to do that was Turing machine

    • @jareknowak8712
      @jareknowak8712 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enigma_machine#Breaking_Enigma

    • @jareknowak8712
      @jareknowak8712 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@pushkarsaoji7734 Enigma was first decyphered in Poland, in 1932, by humans.

    • @verasinha7863
      @verasinha7863 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah Alan Turing

  • @sparklelistz
    @sparklelistz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I can never take it seriously when someone says `balls’

  • @scrufhack3
    @scrufhack3 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    i really enjoyed this explanation about the thinking mechanism of a computer.

  • @michaelcombrink8165
    @michaelcombrink8165 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Action lab should make an Amazon store and do affiliate marketing
    Every parent and classroom should consult his demonstrations

  • @DrAgNZRX
    @DrAgNZRX 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    While I like the video, I feel like he's being a bit disingenuous about the machine he's using. Yes he mentions the name of the game (Turing Tumble) in the video description, but doesn't mention it once in the actual video, instead referring to it as "My marble powered computer", as if he was the one who designed it.
    As someone who backed the game on kickstarter, it's a little frustrating that he spends the entire video without mentioning that it isn't his design. I think even a shout out at the end or a card with a link to the website would be nice. Instead he doesn't even mention that this is a product you can buy and play around with yourself at home with your family, solving the logic puzzles in the included comic book and seeing the clever story yourself.

    • @effedrien
      @effedrien 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      He can only do that with sponsored devices that he gets. If he would also advertise for free, that would not be fair towards the ones that sponsor him by giving free stuff to test.

    • @hermanhuge6109
      @hermanhuge6109 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@M______M This part was wrong. A "Turing Machine" is mostly just a thought experiment devised by Alan Turing to classify computing devices, not the name of this particular toy.

  • @Av8r-Opr8r
    @Av8r-Opr8r 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I see his face and just imagine:"MAAMAAAAAAA"

  • @jayman94fly
    @jayman94fly 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Oh my god shave that mustache. I haven't seen this guys videos in a while and this popped up. Oh my.

  • @spiderdude2099
    @spiderdude2099 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is quite literally how people are able to make those incredible videos where they make entire computers inside Minecraft. Redstone allows you to basically make extremely simple circuits, make enough of them and hook them together so they create meaningful logic, you can get almost anything

  • @wthomas7955
    @wthomas7955 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I had one of these back in the 60's. My dad worked for IBM. It didn't work very well mechanically but it was essentially the same thing.

  • @costin88boss74
    @costin88boss74 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    That is a human readable processor, now find a non electricity way to make a gpu, then a monitor and a way to store the binary numbers (Ram)

    • @MadScientist267
      @MadScientist267 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It already demonstrates "RAM" just not much of it. Now reading and writing to it "externally"... Whole different thing lol

    • @costin88boss74
      @costin88boss74 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MadScientist267 Wow, my 1 year old comment..

    • @MadScientist267
      @MadScientist267 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@costin88boss74 And? Lol

    • @costin88boss74
      @costin88boss74 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MadScientist267 I was 11 or 12 back then.

    • @MadScientist267
      @MadScientist267 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@costin88boss74 Not an issue from my end haha... Technically you were right, I was just poking a stick at it 👍

  • @pigman6954
    @pigman6954 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    this is really cool but how do you know how to build it? like how do you know what combinations to put each little thingy?

    • @irfanjames125
      @irfanjames125 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      That's Coding.
      Or what software engineers do.

    • @lightswitch2622
      @lightswitch2622 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@irfanjames125 not really

    • @wranglerboi
      @wranglerboi 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @PIg Man - Therein likes the "magic" of computers. It takes a human mind to create that "build" for them--in what is called a program (or in today's terminology--an app).

  • @b12virus63
    @b12virus63 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    that's why i am telling people not to start the computer definetion by saying "computer is a electronic device"😂

  • @yeppiidev
    @yeppiidev 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I made a computer with the logic that you've shown in this video in Minecraft. I used Redstone instead of switches and redstone lamps for output and levers for input.

  • @Pisttolz
    @Pisttolz 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I remember going on a field trip to a collage and using one of these. They were very fun to play with, yet so simple.

  • @kopitoadin8633
    @kopitoadin8633 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    The Action Lab: computers didn't change, the do same tasks.
    The Kid with 3000$ PC: Hey you, listen.

    • @leonhardeuler9028
      @leonhardeuler9028 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      i recently switched from my Ryzen 2700x, 64GB DDR4 RAM, RTX 2070 build to my older FX6300, 8GB DDR3 RAM, GT 705 (no joke...) and guess what? Since i am not gaming anymore i almost notice no differences...

  • @KiemPlant
    @KiemPlant 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Where can I get one of these? I've never wanted anything more in my life

  • @Benjamin-dd5ye
    @Benjamin-dd5ye 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    One question. Can it run doom?

  • @KieferSkunk
    @KieferSkunk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Slight nit-pick on the "add" logic. You do get the correct result (8 + 5 = 13), but you mainly get it by coincidence - you simply increment the right register the same number of times as the left register's value. So what you got was 8 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 13. Works okay for this example, but it's not technically a correct addition algorithm, and it would take much longer on larger numbers.
    One thing I think is cool about it, though, is that the left register did a correct countdown for the number of times to increment the right register. It starts at 5 and counts down to 0, then "underflows" to 7 and stops before the next increment. In computer assembly language, that kind of increment/decrement-and-check pattern forms the basis for all loops, so you could easily write this as a simple assembly routine.
    Still, good demonstration!

  • @ianwise2457
    @ianwise2457 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Easiest to digest explanation of a computer I think I’ve ever seen