Posted by scrapper | Posted in Scrapbooking Tools | Posted on 31-08-2008
Tags: design, diy, music, tools, web2.0
how was the first machine created if a machine is needed to produce parts to create another machine?
answer with personal theories/insights/opinions in your own words.if you don’t have a clue or don’t care,don’t answer.
explain the technicalities and related process.
misunderstood answers so far-i’m talking about electronic machines and similar technology,such as all the parts needed to build a phone.
doesn’t metal and making molds need to be exposed to very high temperatures? how did they build a burner to make those metal molds?
i mean how did they make a burner which is capable of producing extremely high temps needed to make metal molds,glass molds & bake ceramics.
i have one of those see-thru lucite phones where you can see all of the mini components that look like beans and colored candy connected to seemingly complicated wiring to make it into an operable communication device.so that sparked my curiosity as how someone figured how to produce all these parts from scratch and form such a simple invention seen from today but amazing when it first appeared on the market.
thanks for all of the feedback:)
hi.i was curious about the mechanics of the phone.i mean one day someone was wondering how to make communication faster/convenient instead of delivery letters by horseman.so the idea was probably sketched on paper but how exactly to start building this phone device.i mean all of the bead-like/pill capsule parts(handcrafted?) assembled onto a circuit board with wiring that would make the device workable.if someone gave you all the necessary separate parts,how would one go about putting together the parts to build a phone,without any kind of directions?it’s intriguing how the inventor of the phone figured how to create all these bead-like/pill capsule mini parts to begin with and somehow connect them together to make his idea come to life.it’s ironic how the cellular phone has advanced with all these new features,yet some people probably haven’t a clue as to how the vintage cord phone works.i asked some people&they’re still puzzled as to how sound travels through the telephone wiring lol
hi again.yeah,i’m not sure how to phrase questions and the details section keep running out of room for me to type lol i need like a 5000 character text box at least;) i’m one of those annoyingly curious people.i’d hand out a 50 page survey if people bothered to fill them out.i keep adding details and noticed people actually pay attention.very much appreciated:)
You do not need a machine to create another machine. You *do* need tools to create a machine though. Tools can be a machine, but they do not have to be. A hammer is a tool, a screwdriver is a tool, and your hands are also tools.
Using your hands as original tools, you can create a set of better tools: a hammer, a primitive saw, or a stone knife. With these tools, you can create more tools that are more durable, more precise, or more specialized. And with these tools, you can make even better tools. You see where this is going.
Once your tools are precise enough, you can start building a machine. If you can work wood precisely enough, for instance, then you can build a water mill. If you have tools that can work metal well enough, then you can make wire, blades, and gears, which can be used to make an electric saw. This machine is, of course, a tool in itself. You will be able to cut faster and more precise, so the number of machines you can now build is increased.
Once you have tools that can handle wire and electricity, then you can start building circuits. To get to the first computer, you do not really need that much. You need wires of course, and you need something that can take a few inputs and create a new output. A vacuum tube is good enough at first, and that is just a glorified light bulb with some extra wires. To store programs, some paper with holes will do at first: punchcards.
Once you get the first computer running, you can use it to help design components for a better, faster computer: transisters, integrated circuits, lasers, and magnetic storage. In fact, the computer becomes a general purpose tool that brings you much further, much faster.
The reason that computers can become continually better without needing to completely rethink how a computer works, is due to a concept call a “Turing Machine” A Turing Machine is a description of a machine that takes some inputs and can create output following some set of rules. One of the nifty things about a Turing Machine, is that any Turing Machine can simulate any other Turing Machine. At the most basic level, a PC, a PlayStation, a Mac, an old Atari, or our vacuum tube, paper eating computer are all exactly the same.
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