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More of a spool knitter than a full knitting machine, but no small accomplishment. Photos and video.
dead link: http://homepage.mac.com/aklego/PhotoAlbum22.html
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LEGO Difference Engine
Andrew Carol's Lego Difference Engine is a low tech computer after Babbage's nineteenth century mechanical computer designs. This can evaluate any polynomial of the form ax^2 + bx + c, to three digits of precision, with an effort of a hundred or so turns of the crank.
dead link: http://acarol.woz.org/
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