Mechanical Thimblerigger
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3. ValdeLevis commented 12 years ago
#2 All three cups have a ball in them. The toy varies which two balls that it picks up, a rather clever trick, right?
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6. Tarc commented 12 years ago
#5 Absolutely, having insight into the random function rather than just calling it is very interesting More interesting to me.. but the tools are given, you just need an algorithm.
With mechanical stuff, it would be a challenge, wouldn't it
Now that you mentioned pseudo generator, I think it won't work mechanically, I mean why create a long set of steps manually when you can use gravity and nature to determine which way something falls for example. Using nature this way is something you cannot do on a computer
With mechanical stuff, it would be a challenge, wouldn't it
Now that you mentioned pseudo generator, I think it won't work mechanically, I mean why create a long set of steps manually when you can use gravity and nature to determine which way something falls for example. Using nature this way is something you cannot do on a computer
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7. loadrunner commented 12 years ago
Spoiler:
There is a magnet on a wheel under the cups, the position of the magnet decides which cup releases the ball.
There is a magnet on a wheel under the cups, the position of the magnet decides which cup releases the ball.
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9. Judge-Jake commented 12 years ago
#8 But only if you watch the video again. If you watch the video again 19 times the sequence changes. This should tell you something
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10. h8isgr8 commented 12 years ago
Look at the background, idiots. It's stop motion.
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11. primate1970 commented 12 years ago
Why are people voting down the only comment #10 that is true...? The video is stop motion photography...!
+28 1. Bot-fly commented 12 years ago