The 11 most ambitious virtual computers ever built inside Minecraft

Most people in Minecraft are content to build mud castles and sheep pens. But some gamers yearn for more. These folks have taken things a step further by buildingvirtual computersinside the video game.A virtual computer typically has the same functionality as the physical machine it's replicating, but rather than being built out of wires and silicon, its simulated inside another program and is powered by virtual signals instead of electricity.Minecraft is not the only video game where people have built virtual computers, but it provides some of the most ambitious examples. With the right material, almost all of these creations would be replicable in real life.This 16-bit computer has all the basic components of a real computer: 256 bytes of ROM, 32 bytes of RAM, and a processor. In lieu of electricity, it's powered with signals sent through "redstone," a material in Minecraft that can transmit a basic on/off binary signal, just like in real computer components.Youtube Embed:http://www.youtube.com/embed/aQqWorbrAaYWidth: 800pxHeight: 450pxThis scientific graphing calculator that works just like the real thing. The calculator uses "redstone" instead of than electricity.Youtube Embed:http://www.youtube.com/embed/Fyx8o-Wlw7gWidth: 800pxHeight: 450pxHere's a word processor and calculator that has working keyboard and screen. (In later versions the user added a mouse and a music player.) So why do people do it' "The basic answer," one Reddit use says, "is because we can, and the resources exist to do it."Youtube Embed:http://www.youtube.com/embed/aQqWorbrAaYWidth: 800pxHeight: 450px(In later versions the user added a mouse and a music player.)So why do people do it' One Reddit user says that "the basic answer is because we can, and the resources exist to do it." It's a challenge, to push the tools available to their absolute limit.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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