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Servo Catapult (Solves for pi) by NerdSnipe
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Last crawled date: 4 years, 2 months ago
This is a simple and fast print, which was part of my winning build on Instructables
It's just 2 easy parts, but requires a servo, raspberry pi, and jumpers to complete
I made it as activity to solve for pi on pi day (read instructibles for details).
Basically, you launch toothpicks at a random distance, and check whether it lands on a line or not. Sum up each over 29 throws, and divide if you get 22/7 (not on a line vs. on a line) you've computed pi 25% more accurately than 3.14
Watch on YouTube to see it in action, and dozens of other facts about pi: Hitchhiker's Guide to Pi Day
It's just 2 easy parts, but requires a servo, raspberry pi, and jumpers to complete
I made it as activity to solve for pi on pi day (read instructibles for details).
Basically, you launch toothpicks at a random distance, and check whether it lands on a line or not. Sum up each over 29 throws, and divide if you get 22/7 (not on a line vs. on a line) you've computed pi 25% more accurately than 3.14
Watch on YouTube to see it in action, and dozens of other facts about pi: Hitchhiker's Guide to Pi Day