# Lego Turing machines

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-turing-machines/312510>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 14, 2005, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-turing-machines/312510 "2005-07-14T15:09:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-turing-machines/312510/1 "2005-07-14T15:09:30Z")

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They were never meant to be built, let alone out of Legos, and yet, [here they are](http://mapageweb.umontreal.ca/cousined/lego/5-Machines/Turing/Turing.html).

Of course, the tape is finite…damned real world constraints.

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**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-turing-machines/312510/2 "2005-07-14T18:25:59Z")

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And the prize for \*\*SDMB Uber Geek \*\* of 2005 goes to…  
😃

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**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-turing-machines/312510/3 "2005-07-14T18:54:45Z")

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Uber Geeky it is. And yet, so cool.

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**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-turing-machines/312510/4 "2005-07-14T19:05:25Z")

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Bah, I still say that the massive tinker-toy computer has got them beat.

[http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~cfs/472\_html/Intro/TinkertoyComputer/TinkerToy.html](http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~cfs/472_html/Intro/TinkertoyComputer/TinkerToy.html)