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Chris Vallance | 11:00 UK time, Friday, 22 June 2007

Here's a bit of fun for a Friday. Computers add in binary and this video shows how they do it using marbles and wood. If you've ever wondered how your PC does sums, this is a nice illustration.

The creators website is . Now I know what I'm doing on the next Hack-day.

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