27 Responses to “The most awesome machine EVAR”

1. Chinmaya U.Holla Says:
   February 23rd, 2010 at 2:31 am, GMT +0000 ( 1266892292 )

   Claude Shannon’s “Ultimate Machine”, based on an idea by Marvin Minsky

   
   
2. LVS Says:
   February 23rd, 2010 at 2:32 am, GMT +0000 ( 1266892379 )

   The ‘Leave me alone’ box. The person in the picture is Claude Shannon who originally thought of the idea making the ‘ultimate machine’ that when you turn on moves its ‘hand’ and turns itself off!

   
   
3. krudebox Says:
   February 23rd, 2010 at 2:33 am, GMT +0000 ( 1266892387 )

   Claude Shannon’s Ultimate Machine.

   
   
4. Rogi Says:
   February 23rd, 2010 at 2:34 am, GMT +0000 ( 1266892499 )

   Didn’t we just do Claude Shannon’s Ultimate Machine not long ago?

   
   
5. udupendra Says:
   February 23rd, 2010 at 2:54 am, GMT +0000 ( 1266893675 )

   Shannon’s Ultimate Machine – I’m sure this has come on bb before

   
   
6. varuns88 Says:
   February 23rd, 2010 at 3:07 am, GMT +0000 ( 1266894437 )

   Claude Shannon’s Ultimate Machine

   
   
7. varuns88 Says:
   February 23rd, 2010 at 3:09 am, GMT +0000 ( 1266894554 )

   repeat question isn’t it?

   
   
8. Inglourious Says:
   February 23rd, 2010 at 3:20 am, GMT +0000 ( 1266895207 )

   Claude Shannon’s ultimate machine

   
   
9. shrik Says:
   February 23rd, 2010 at 5:50 am, GMT +0000 ( 1266904245 )

   Claude Shannon’s Ultimate Machine. Dupe though: http://www.boiledbeans.net/200.....bout-mice/ Similar one: http://www.boiledbeans.net/200.....-question/

   
   
10. Gurupad Says:
    February 23rd, 2010 at 7:14 am, GMT +0000 ( 1266909278 )

    Ultimate Machine invented by Claude Shannon

    
    
11. Gurupad Says:
    February 23rd, 2010 at 7:16 am, GMT +0000 ( 1266909385 )

    http://www.boiledbeans.net/200.....bout-mice/

    
    
12. Mo Says:
    February 23rd, 2010 at 7:22 am, GMT +0000 ( 1266909727 )

    LeaveMeAlone box, turns itself off when turned on

    
    
13. sidsen Says:
    February 23rd, 2010 at 8:35 am, GMT +0000 ( 1266914149 )

    can’t see video but from claude shannon and question title i’ll guess ultimate machine

    
    
14. shenoyvarun86 Says:
    February 23rd, 2010 at 8:39 am, GMT +0000 ( 1266914340 )

    Claude Shannon–The Ultimate machine(based on idea by Marvin Minsky) , a machine that does nothing except switch itself off…

    
    
15. sandesh Says:
    February 23rd, 2010 at 9:20 am, GMT +0000 ( 1266916820 )

    Ultimate machine built by Shannon just as a hobby.

    
    
16. thehaltingproblem Says:
    February 23rd, 2010 at 10:32 am, GMT +0000 ( 1266921168 )

    The guy in the pic is Claude Shannon and the video shows a model of what is called the Ultimate Machine, whose invention is generally attributed to Shannon(though, wiki says it is minsky’s idea).

    
    
17. Raghuvansh Says:
    February 23rd, 2010 at 12:17 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1266927433 )

    The box that switches itself off aka the Ultimate Machine, inventor Claude Shannon.

    
    
18. Dibyo Says:
    February 23rd, 2010 at 6:21 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1266949273 )

    ultimate machine/leave me alone box – claude shannon had one on his desk, idea is by marvin minsky

    
    
19. Aneesh Says:
    February 23rd, 2010 at 7:29 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1266953363 )

    Shannon’s Theory and AI. The video is of Marvin Minsky’s hand in the box which was the first example of an AI machine.

    
    
20. byslexia Says:
    February 23rd, 2010 at 9:34 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1266960851 )

    Claude shannon’s “Ultimate machine”

    
    
21. mankuTimma Says:
    February 24th, 2010 at 1:46 am, GMT +0000 ( 1266976018 )

    The video is that of leave me alone box that switches off itself. The picture is that of Claude Shannon,the father of information theory. He had a built a similar device which he called the “Ultimate machine”. It had a box which possessed a single switch on its side. When the switch was flipped, the lid of the box opened and a mechanical hand reached out, flipped off the switch, then retracted back inside the box

    
    
22. raklodramA Says:
    February 24th, 2010 at 2:22 am, GMT +0000 ( 1266978142 )

    Claude Shannon

    
    
23. nishansolo Says:
    February 24th, 2010 at 3:40 am, GMT +0000 ( 1266982837 )

    Reuben Goldberg – Rube Goldberg Machine?

    
    
24. p vs np Says:
    February 24th, 2010 at 8:19 am, GMT +0000 ( 1266999567 )

    Claude Shannon’s Ultimate Machine (The Leave me Alone Box). I’d say something similar has indeed been asked before, here on BB.

    
    
25. Aparna Says:
    February 24th, 2010 at 10:10 am, GMT +0000 ( 1267006257 )

    The most useless machine ever, by Shannon.

    
    
26. Thejas V R Says:
    February 25th, 2010 at 8:20 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1267129205 )

    Claude Shannon’s Ultimate machine.

    
    
27. Bipin Banavalikar Says:
    February 25th, 2010 at 10:09 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1267135774 )

    Video of “Leave me alone” Box Pic :Mr. Claude Shannon Connect : Leave me alone box is based on “Ultimate Machine” invented by Mr. Claude Shannon