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  "textContent": "Published in Nature Communications, researchers from St. Olaf College and Syracuse University built a computer made entirely of mechanical components that can perform simple computations without electricity or batteries.",
  "title": "Mechanical computers use springs and bolts to count, sort odd-even pushes and remember force"
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