Showing posts with label Prior Art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Prior Art. Show all posts
2011-04-27
1bit Music
http://shiru.untergrund.net/1bit/ seems to be the most comprehensive site for matters of 1bit sound synthesis (if it has nothing to do with Tristan Perich, that is).
2011-03-23
2011-01-25
thought experiment
Transcript of a chat between Alan and me yesterday. Posted with his permission and edited to remove irrelevant elements.
Alan: I had an idea for a thought experiment I wanted to run by you.
me: Oo. Hit me.
Alan: You could get a bunch of rocks and a bucket,
and if all you were interested in doing was keep track of how many things you had at a particular moment,
it serves as a "computer."
similarly, if you want to do some arithmetic you can use an abacus, or for more complex math, a slide rule.
me: Not unlike counting on your fingers, but with the added benefit that it serves as a memory.
Alan: If you keep a notebook, you could even have a rudimentary storage medium, writing down equations and results.
What makes this situation unsatisfactory such that you want to build a computer?
Is there some minimum bound that those tools don't meet but your computer does?
Alan: I had an idea for a thought experiment I wanted to run by you.
me: Oo. Hit me.
Alan: You could get a bunch of rocks and a bucket,
and if all you were interested in doing was keep track of how many things you had at a particular moment,
it serves as a "computer."
similarly, if you want to do some arithmetic you can use an abacus, or for more complex math, a slide rule.
me: Not unlike counting on your fingers, but with the added benefit that it serves as a memory.
Alan: If you keep a notebook, you could even have a rudimentary storage medium, writing down equations and results.
What makes this situation unsatisfactory such that you want to build a computer?
Is there some minimum bound that those tools don't meet but your computer does?
2011-01-20
I haven't looked at this yet, but it appears to be relevant (via @adafruit):
Building a 4-Bit computer
Building a 4-Bit computer
2011-01-14
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