/sci/ Could you build logical gates (like NOR , NAND , NOT and so on) without transistors? Like a battery made out of limes. Just wondering if it's possible to build something like an adder or only a flip flop with fruits or something else.

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Anonymous Fri Sep 24 16:47:33 2010 No.1798083 [Reply] [Original]

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Could you build logical gates (like NOR , NAND , NOT and so on) without transistors?
Like a battery made out of limes.

Just wondering if it's possible to build something like an adder or only a flip flop with fruits or something else.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 24 16:54:33 2010 No.1798122 Yes, you could. It'd likely cost you a bit more power, though. There are lots of ways to do it, I think. Relays is one method.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 24 16:59:33 2010 No.1798134 > stack overflow > implying no tail call optimization

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 24 17:01:33 2010 No.1798145 >>1798122 Yeah I though of relays too, but I though of non mechanical gates. Like a normal gate. A relay would use something like a switch but it just should have an on and off button. >>1798134 It's Java ...

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