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Little Big Computer (video)
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i have made an "electronic" 8bit calculator (not "mechanical" calculator) with the Beta demo of "Little big planet" (a new PS3 ...
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Little Big Computer
MAKE Magazine — Wow, upsilandre made a computer in the PS3's LittleBigPlanet beta. It's a mechanical calculator that can do addition and subtraction: 610 magnetic switches, 500 wires, 430 pistons, 70 emitters... Here's a video! Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Gadgets | Digg this!

Working calculator made in Little Big Planet, a PS3 sandbox game
Boing Boing Gadgets — This is sort of intense: a beta tester for the soon-to-launch PlayStation 3 game Little Big Planet has created a working 8-bit calculator inside the physics-and-apparently-logic simulator. Because there are basic electronics simulations in LBP, the creator "Upsilandre" reminds that this is an electronic calculator, not simpply a mechanical one, using 610 magnetic switches, 500 Wires, 430 pistons, 70 emitters — all simulated in game. [via Technabob via NOTCOT]

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