The Setun Conspiracy

The SETUN computer was developed in 1958 by Nikolai P. Brusentsov and his team at the Moscow State University. SETUN is based on ternary logic (-1, 0, 1), which distinguishes it completely from the usually binary operating computers of the present and the past. While the binary logic just allows two states yes (1) | no (0), the ternary logic has three different logical states: yes (1) | no (-1) | both (0). Western computer scientists tried to create such a ternary computer in the following years but failed. The work consists of several elements: The  archive research since 2001, representation of the results in form of an office since 2005 and a book with essays and interviews. The work deals with the production and representation of knowledge, the historical and ideological aspects of technological development, and it aims to create an understanding of the intertwining of current technological and social developments using a historical perspective.
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