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- Video of a Lego project featuring many gearing solutions.
LEGO: Unlocking Limitless Creative Possibilities
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In summary, a computer built inside of Minecraft was described. The computer has an 8 bit CPU and 256 bytes of RAM.
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Yeah, saw this. Super cool.
Would make a neat educational project.
Would make a neat educational project.
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I saw another one where the youtuber recreated a 2 bit digital computer with lego parts modeled on the 1960's Digicomp I toy computer.
But this one definitely takes home the prize for beautiful lego design and beautiful videography.
But this one definitely takes home the prize for beautiful lego design and beautiful videography.
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< digression >jedishrfu said:
Some guy built a working virtual PC inside Minecraft.
Which is cool enough, but he can actually have the virtual PC run a game of Minecraft, and play Minecraft within Minecraft.
IncepMinecrafttion! :spooky hands:
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Nice, I did something similar years ago at work. We were working on Apple Opendoc porting it to IBM OS/2.
Its key feature was the ability to embed parts into a document. I built a tictactoe part where each square was a tictactoe part basically creating games within games within games. A win of an embedded game resulted in winning an X or O for the square.
I won an internal award for it as one of the top five OpenDoc parts out of a total field of 5 competitors.
Its key feature was the ability to embed parts into a document. I built a tictactoe part where each square was a tictactoe part basically creating games within games within games. A win of an embedded game resulted in winning an X or O for the square.
I won an internal award for it as one of the top five OpenDoc parts out of a total field of 5 competitors.
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The first one is a Schmidt coupling. It's an actual useful product for applications such as driving a roll that needs to move while under load: https://www.zero-max.com/aca-schmidt-offset-shaft-couplings. Screen shot from the Zero-Max link:
Their largest catalog coupling is rated for 459,000 in-lbs (51,900 Nm) torque.
Interesting factoid about them: They only work when misaligned - when the shafts are offset by a minimum amount.
Their largest catalog coupling is rated for 459,000 in-lbs (51,900 Nm) torque.
Interesting factoid about them: They only work when misaligned - when the shafts are offset by a minimum amount.
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I suppose that makes sense if you think about it.jrmichler said:
If I tried to spin a bicycle wheel using a broomstick handle, I would have a tough time starting it spinning if I stuck it in too close to the axle. Not enough leverage. I'd move father out.
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Not really. There is a Minecraft mod which wraps VirtualBox so you can run a virtual machine inside Minecraft, but that is not a PC built inside Minecraft.DaveC426913 said:
It's a bit like calling one of these a Raspberry Pi built out of Lego https://thepihut.com/products/blox-raspberry-pi-case
Edit: I would call this a computer built inside Minecraft:
And this a computer built from Lego
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Ok. I may have to take your word for it. I thought this guy had literally built an operating PC with memory and all in the Minecraft world.pbuk said:
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I have constructed many LEGO apparatuses for physics demonstrations. I am thinking about writing about them in english and share on the forum in the future :)
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Yes this does exist: Chungus 2 (Computation Humongous Unconventional Number and Graphics Unit) has an 8 bit CPU and 256 bytes of RAM: this is not enough for Minecraft.DaveC426913 said:
There are also a number of "minigames" that have been built in Minecraft including a 32x32 pixel sort-of version of Minecraft: https://codecrafted.net/#/r/minigame/452, but this is all custom built, it is not a virtual machine running Minecraft.
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Damn, that would be cool. Signing up.malawi_glenn said:
Also: heaven is bringing home a stack of LEGO kits and saying "Sorry honey, it's for work.
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Thats been my excuse. Or for the grandkids.
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