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How did the Enigma Machine work?

Jared Owen
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11M views 3 years ago #b3d #enigma #howitworks
Let's use 3D animation to go inside the Enigma Machine! Go to https://brilliant.org/jaredowen to sign up for free. Watch more animations:    • Jared's Animations   Support these videos:   / jaredowenanimations   Thanks to the Dan Perera for his help creating this animation. His website: www.EnigmaMuseum.org 💻Follow me on social media: Patreon:   / jaredowenanimations   Twitter:   / jaredowen3d   Instagram:   / jaredowenanimations   Facebook:   / jaredowen3d   Tiktok:   / jaredowenanimations   ⌚Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 01:01 - Encryption 02:42 - Enigma Machine 04:23 - Simple Circuit Example 05:23 - Inside the Machine 06:15 - Rotors 08:51 - Plugboard 10:08 - Keyboard Mechanism 12:14 - The Circuit 13:15 - Circuit Recap 14:38 - Rotor Mechanism 17:06 - Machine Settings 18:14 - Brilliant This video has been dubbed in over 20 languages, you can change the audio track language in the Settings menu (click the gear icon in the lower right hand cor …...more
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How did the Enigma Machine work?
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2021Dec 11
Let's use 3D animation to go inside the Enigma Machine! Go to https://brilliant.org/jaredowen to sign up for free. Watch more animations:    • Jared's Animations   Support these videos:   / jaredowenanimations   Thanks to the Dan Perera for his help creating this animation. His website: www.EnigmaMuseum.org 💻Follow me on social media: Patreon:   / jaredowenanimations   Twitter:   / jaredowen3d   Instagram:   / jaredowenanimations   Facebook:   / jaredowen3d   Tiktok:   / jaredowenanimations   ⌚Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 01:01 - Encryption 02:42 - Enigma Machine 04:23 - Simple Circuit Example 05:23 - Inside the Machine 06:15 - Rotors 08:51 - Plugboard 10:08 - Keyboard Mechanism 12:14 - The Circuit 13:15 - Circuit Recap 14:38 - Rotor Mechanism 17:06 - Machine Settings 18:14 - Brilliant This video has been dubbed in over 20 languages, you can change the audio track language in the Settings menu (click the gear icon in the lower right hand corner of the video). Try dubbing your videos with AI: https://dittodub.com/a/jaredowen Further reading on a some things that I couldn't include in the video: -Changes/improvements to the Enigma Machine: (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enigma_...) -The number of possible enigma settings is 10^23 (https://ciphermachines.com/enigma) -How the machine was broken by the allies: (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptan...) -The bombe machine (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombe) -Alan Turing (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Tu...) -Breaking of Enigma was classified until the 1970s (https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/s...) 🌐Sources:    • The Enigma Machine Explained   - The Enigma Machine Explained (World Science Festival)    • How the Enigma machine works | Animation   - How the Enigma machine works    • Imitation Game: how did the Enigma ma...   - Imitation Game: how did the Enigma machine work?    • The Inner Workings of an Enigma Machine   - The Inner Workings of an Enigma Machine    • 158,962,555,217,826,360,000 (Enigma M...   - Enigma Machine (Numberphile)    • Flaw in the Enigma Code - Numberphile   - Flaw in the Enigma Code (Numberphile)    • Enigma Cipher Machine History | Ralph...   - Enigma Cipher Machine History | Ralph Simpson | Talks at Google http://users.telenet.be/d.rijmenants/... https://www.cryptomuseum.com/crypto/e... https://brilliant.org/wiki/enigma-mac... https://ciphermachines.com/enigma 🟠This animation was made with Blender 2.93 - then I rendered it with Blender 3.0(Cycles Render) www.blender.org 🎵Music (soundstripe.com): "Swan" by Enoch Yang "A New Horizon" by Cloud Wave "Dawning Sprite" by Lincoln Davis I purchased a 3D model of the Enigma Machine for this video (I then had to create most of the inside): https://www.turbosquid.com/3d-models/... 🎧Here is some of the gear that I use for animation: Graphics Card: GTX 1080ti https://amzn.to/3gVoM1J CPU: i7-8700k https://amzn.to/2TWgbnw Motherboard: Asus Prim Z370-A https://amzn.to/2t4EVth​​ Microphone: Samson Go Mic https://amzn.to/3vPFXqM Mouse: Logitech G600 https://amzn.to/3gTqCSd Chair: Staples Gaming Chair https://amzn.to/31hNgKS 📼Video Summary: The Enigma Machine was used during WWII by the German Army to get keep messages encrypted. It looks almost like a typewriter. There are 26 keys and 26 letters that can light up. These lights tell you how the keys will be scrambled up. The machine works like an electrical circuit. The rotors towards the back of the machine do most of the scrambling by mixing up the wiring. The plugboard in the front also another layer of encryption. Keyboard mechanism connects or disconnects the circuit to turn on a lightbulb. The path of the wire is difficult to follow so I recommend following it through in 3D! Each time a key is released - the rotors in the back will turn. This is done by the mechanism which includes the actuator bar, ratchet, pawl, and the index wheels. #b3d #enigma #howitworks

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Jared Owen

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