Re: Implementation of a Turing Machine?

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From: Gene Wirchenko
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2018 07:26

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On Sun, 18 Feb 2018 23:02:53 +0000, Gareth's Downstairs Computer
<headstone255.but.n...@yahoo.com> wrote:

>I wonder if there are any electronic implementations
>of a Turing Machine, especially one that allows
>for state machine realisation to control it?
>
>One of the intriguing limitations of such machines
>is that any problem that cannot be solved will result
>in a failure of the machine to halt, but that does not
>gel with the human brain for we can determine that
>a problem is insoluble and yet our brains do not halt!

     You might be interested in this:
          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vo8izCKHiF0
          Mechanical Turing Machine in Wood

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

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