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RainPi - Calculate Pi with Raindrops!

2016-08-23

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Calculating Pi with the Monte Carlo Method is a common introductory programming exercise, but I wanted to get away from computer-generated "random" numbers and used falling raindrops! The apparatus can only complete one calculation - it calculates pi with the shape of its raindrop-detecting sensors.

pt. 2:

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