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Tic Toc: A Look at the History of Mechanical Computing

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Gear. The technology that never was, but perhaps could have been. Let us explore the world of clockwork in the context of its reality as the precursor to the modern computer age. Conceptually, everything that computers do, could have been achieved using clockwork. What happened? Why did we change mediums? Could computers have evolved as much as they have, without electricity?

Drew Heyen

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