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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13 Comments

  1. Tumi

    Binary numbers are cool and interesting. 👍

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  2. milea jewell

    Binary is so cool!

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  3. Mark

    binary has hard math.

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  4. Ben Mastenbroek

    Turing Tumble™ is my favorite mechanical game that I have!!!
    It’s wonderful! I highly recommend this game for EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!

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  5. Edan Langston

    Binary math is neat

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  6. Elisiyana Louis

    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!!

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  7. jameson hamilton

    Loved learning the part about space exploration.

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  8. Jett Krauskop

    R51!

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  9. Nylah

    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!

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  10. Sebastian

    I think R-51 has a crush on lady Pajet

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  11. Jada R.

    It was interesting learning binary numbers.

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  12. Eric

    where’s r-51 now?

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  13. Khloe Robinson

    Absolutely amazing! The future of space exploration is so exciting!

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