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Celebrate Alan Turing's Birthday and Check Out the Lego Turing Machine

pcworld.com (11 months and 1 day ago)

Jun 23, 2012

A pair of researchers have constructed a working Turing Machine out of Lego, just in time for the mathematician's birthday. full story

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Celebrate Alan Turing's Birthday and Check Out the Lego Turing Machine

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