BEAT THE BRAIN

INSTRUCTION SHEET

Price - Stock No 30

  Check your Kit:

• 3 - red LEDs
• 1 - green LED
• 1 - orange LED
• 5 - LED mounts
• 1m - tinned wire
• 1 - 390R resistor
• 21 - 3mm bolts & nuts
• 1 - battery snap
• 1 - push button switch
• plastic spaghetti
• 1 - crocodile clip
• 1 - battery tame

Layout

1. On  the  plywood  (say  150 X 100mm) set out the positions for the bolts, the LEDs, and the P/B switch.  Drill 3mm holes  for  the  bolts, 6mm for the LED mounts and the switch
2. Push  in  the  LED  mounts from the top and then the LEDs from the under side.  Tighten the switch into place.
3. Bend the K legs of the LEDs to touch each other and solder  as  the diagram shows.  Use some tinned wire to connect to the switch.
4. Join  bolt  21  to  the A leg of the green LED, and bolt 20 to the yellow LED, using tinned wire and soldered joints.
5. Work out a sequence for wiring the bolts as the diagram shows.   To connect  to  the bolts : push the bolt through the hole in the plywood, bend the wire round the bolt and tighten  the  nut  to  hold  the  wire tightly against the plywood.  Follow the diagram to connect the correct bolts.  Join bolts 19, 18, 17, to the A legs of LEDs 1, 2,&3.
6. Drill a small hole (D 1.5mm) and feed the black wire of the battery snap  through  the plywood.  Solder the 390R resistor to the black lead and the other leg to the pole of the switch.
7. Solder the croc. clip to the RED wire of the battery snap.
8. Mark the numbers against the red LEDs, and mark THE BRAIN WINS, and PERSON WINS.
9. Mark  the  areas where you need to cut away some of the coolite to clear the switch, the LEDs etc.  Use either a sharp knife or a piece of wire heated in a flame to gouge  out  the  areas  required.   Push  the plywood  into place and tap the bolts to force them home.  Separate the plywood and coolite, apply some  drops  of  PVA  glue  and  push  home. Weight it down until the glue dries. Connect a 9V battery and you're ready to play.

THE RULES ARE:

• You may decide to take up to 3 PEGS in  any  move.   Move  the clip to your choice and leave it connected to the peg.
• Press  the switch to ask the BRAIN how many it chooses.  Move the clip and then take your turn.
• The objective is to take pegs that will allow you to  land  on the  PERSON  WINS  peg.   The  BRAIN  will  try  to win (and will succeed).
• If you're sneaky you may cheat anywhere up to peg  16  -   the BRAIN  will still beat you !!!!    BEWARE #### Don't cheat beyond peg 16 or you might find strange things happening to you when you least expect them - your hair might turn green, or maybe  strange noises in the dark.

DON'T UNDER-ESTIMATE THE POWER OF THE BRAIN.

    Strange  isn't  it  that  a deader than dead game that you made beats a highly intelligent person like you - every time !

    Well welcome to a little look at ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.    The mathematical arrangement  that  controls  the  game  is  called  an ALGORITHM,  and you simply cannot beat it.  If you analyse it carefully you can understand the mathematics and perhaps transfer it to another application some time.

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