Water-based Computers: An Innovative Invention

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Water-based computers utilize a system of manipulating water droplets with magnets to create logic gates, offering a novel approach to computing despite being slower than traditional methods. The discussion highlights the potential applications of this technology, emphasizing its innovative nature. There are historical precedents for pneumatic devices that store data through turbulence, suggesting that this concept is not entirely new. Questions arise regarding the control mechanisms for directing droplet pathways, as their movement appears somewhat random. Overall, the exploration of water-based computing opens up intriguing possibilities for future technological advancements.
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This is really interesting, so I thought I share it.
These people succeeded in finding a way to build all the logic gates using a system that manipulates water droplets using magnets and a magnetic field. Its slower than current computers but they have other (interesting) applications in mind. But to me, the mere possibility of such a thing and that there are people who actually did it, is really interesting.
 
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i read the article and watched the video they had. one question i have is especially after watching the video is where is the control to specify a droplets pathing ?
seemed they followed almost random paths depending on how many options were possible.

I do see you could use the water bridging circuits even if all it did was a circle over a set of predetermined pathways.
 

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