All articles tagged with #gears
New computer simulations and CT imaging suggest the Antikythera Mechanism may have jammed within months due to spacing errors and corrosion, implying reliability limits—not just precision—limited its long‑term ability to track lunar/solar cycles, with gear spacing mattering most and gear tooth shape playing a smaller role.
The Action Lab demonstrates making logic gates from chains and gears, using Spintronics as a commercial toy example, and highlighting the analogies between mechanical components and electric current. The setup includes a spring wound motor as a "battery," gears as resistors and junctions, and switched gears as inputs, showcasing the potential for creating chained inverters, NAND gates, and NOR gates. While unwieldy in practice, the concept illustrates the possibility of mechanical computing and the idea that everything can be viewed as a logic gate.