Water-based Computers: An Innovative Invention

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Water-based computers utilize a system that manipulates water droplets through magnets and magnetic fields to create logic gates. While these computers operate slower than traditional models, they present unique applications, particularly in unconventional computing. The discussion highlights the historical context of pneumatic devices, which can store data through turbulence, and references pneumatic logic gates as a foundational technology. The potential for controlled droplet pathing remains a key area for further exploration.

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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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