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Y-Lego Quantum Project

Excellence Award · 2025

Undergrad Competition 🏆 Excellence Award

Built on quantum computing education, this project used LEGO bricks to visually demonstrate the core principles and algorithms of quantum computers, aiming to make quantum computing more approachable to a general audience.

Front and back run at the same time.

Pinball machine, front view
Working principle animation
Pinball Machine (front) Applying the principle of a seesaw

The two foundational concepts — quantum entanglement and quantum superposition — were told through the playful metaphor of a pinball machine and a Goldberg machine. A pinball machine (representing superposition) and an observation-driven Goldberg machine (representing entanglement) were mounted back-to-back: two small marbles, representing quantum particles, are dropped on the front while one large marble, representing an observation, is dropped on the back — all at the same time — to visually convey how observing one entangled particle instantly determines the state of the other.

Pinball Machine (front)

Pinball machine, front view
Pinball machine, front view
Pinball machine, front view
Pinball machine, front view

How the Pinball Machine and Goldberg Machine Work Together

Pinball machine, front view

Presentation Slides