Counting in Binary with Mechanical Motion
January 24, 2024 • EPISODE 206
In this fascinating episode of ScienceLIVE, Roger Billings demonstrates how counting in binary works, using mechanical motion to bring the concept to life. He breaks down the basics and explains how computers use binary to store and process data.

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Dr. Roger Billings is a visionary innovator whose work has touched the lives of millions of students and transformed the landscape of education. Widely known as “DrB” to the countless kids who benefit from his groundbreaking Acellus learning system, Dr. Billings has dedicated his life to advancing education through technology.
As part of DrB’s lifelong commitment to supporting education, Science LIVE was launched as a way to “give back” by mentoring students in conjunction with the Roger Billings Scholarship Program.
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Binary numbers are cool and interesting. 👍
Binary is so cool!
binary has hard math.
Turing Tumble™ is my favorite mechanical game that I have!!!
It’s wonderful! I highly recommend this game for EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!
Binary math is neat
There’s so many different methods someone can use to count, but counting in binary is definitely the most fascinating method I’ve seen thus far!!
Loved learning the part about space exploration.
R51!
Definitely do this as your project Cody! It looks really cool and you sound really smart when you try explaining all of it. I think that R.%1 definitely has a crush on Pajet. Maybe Pajet has a crush on him too!
I think R-51 has a crush on lady Pajet
It was interesting learning binary numbers.
where’s r-51 now?
Absolutely amazing! The future of space exploration is so exciting!