[Imc-makerspace] Turmite -- from Wolfram MathWorld

[Stewart Dickson]

This is the page I was looking for this morning.  All the wonderful 
plays on the words "Turing" and things which come from "Turtle Graphics 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtle_graphics>" and "Graftal 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graftal>" "Snowflakes 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koch_snowflake>" (space-filling curves 
which can operate like
a Turning Turtle).  [See also: 
http://maa.org/editorial/mathgames/mathgames_10_24_03.html]
> In keeping with his topic of programed paths, Martin Gardner 
> <http://www.ifp.illinois.edu/%7Esdickson/G4G8/G4G8_Dickson_Notes.html>'s 
> original column discussed the Logo 
> <http://el.media.mit.edu/logo-foundation/> language. I highly 
> recommend NetLogo <http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/>, and the 
> chapter about Logo in The Mathematical Explorer 
> <http://www.wolfram.com/products/explorer/topics/turtle.html>.
Logo uses Turtle Graphics.  See also the MIT Lego Logo Lab
http://el.media.mit.edu/logo-foundation/pubs/logoupdate/v7n1/v7n1-pbrick.html

Anyway, HERE's the TURMITE page:
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Turmite.html

I like the one which constructs a Golden Rectangle.
These can be mechanized by using a purely mechanical Flip-Dot display as 
the 2-D Turing tape.
http://www.flipdots.com

Also, check out: 
http://www.uniquewatchguide.com/mechanical-digital-watches.html
http://watchshock.com/blog/149/new-guess-g-motion-mechanical-digital-watches

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