As it’s an old story, let us first know who were the Eudaemons:

Wikipedia defines Eudaemons:

The Eudaemons were a small group headed by graduate physics students J. Doyne Farmer and Norman Packard at the University of California Santa Cruz in the late 1970s. The group’s immediate objective was to find a way to beat roulette, but a loftier objective was to use the money made from roulette to fund a scientific community. The name of the group was inspired by the eudaemonism philosophy.

In order to achieve their target the Eudaemons devised two separate shoe computers that were able to communicate with each other while at the roulette table, as shown in the picture. It’s equipped with a MOS Technology 6502 microprocessor and allowed the wearer to control the motion of the wheel and ball via a toe-operated switch.



The prediction with respect to the landing of the ball and the wheel movement was immediately transmitted to the partner playing the game and wearing the similar shoe. The player would place bets according to the predictable information.



The Eudaemons were smart enough to fool the casino authorities with their ‘roulette-beating computer system’, especially making the shoe computer endure the weight of the user, warm and moist environment and providing it constant power. They managed to make this amazing piece in late 1970’s.



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