Mechanical Inverter

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I dabbled with my laser cutter right off the bat after acquiring it. I was eager to explore what could be done beyond basic marking and vector cutting, so I decided to try etching channels into acrylic. This simple mechanical device came about as a result of a recent conversation with a colleague about representing logic gates physically. The input side features a plunger being pushed in to represent a 1 and pulled out to signify a zero. Conversely, the output side displays a pulled-in plunger indicating a 0 and a pushed-out plunger denoting a 1. This convention is used because it's likely that the output will serve as the input for the next gate in the sequence.