It may be completely useless, but very impressive. This is how you can characterize the work of Daniel de Bruyne. Moreover, surprisingly, the "creator" himself says that he created only a prototype, and now he is working on a mechanism that could work for decades or more.
But, away from empty talk - look and be surprised! Super machine for visualizing the number of Googol - 10 to the hundredth power - 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. Yes, one and one hundred zeros. Such a number, which is very difficult to apply for anything, because even the number of atoms in a known part of the Universe is less - only 10 in 79 (perhaps 10 in 81, but it does not change the essence).
The mechanism is simple - in fact, an ordinary gearbox, one hundred pairs of gears, each gear ratio is 10: 1. As easy as pie. If you do not think about the numbers that did not give Daniel peace of mind. To turn the last wheel even by a tooth, the first wheel must complete a full revolution exactly 1 googol times.
The author of the super-mechanism admits that he was inspired by the creation of the famous mechanism of Arthur Ganson's "Machine with concrete". At the same time, he "modified" it so much that the last wheel will not be able to turn … just never, there are such calculations - if you rotate the first wheel at a speed of one revolution per second, then you only need 3170979198376458650431253170979198376458650431253170979198376458650431253170979431983764586 And one more snag: the energy for this turn requires a little more than this universe contains. Are there any spare?