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A water computer - ai_vin - 06-12-2015
I wonder what 10 thousand years would do with this idea; http://news.stanford.edu/news/2015/june/computer-water-drops-060815.html
RE: A water computer - Rynn - 06-12-2015
I don't fully understand it at the moment but it looks like it could have some pretty neat applications for microfluidics, specifically for lab-on-chip design.
RE: A water computer - Drashner1 - 06-14-2015
10,000yrs or so? Maybe something like converting the entire hydrosphere or atmosphere of a planet into come kind of computing substrate. Maybe some connection to plasma processor based computing in stars. IIRC all of these mediums are considered fluids under some circumstances.
Todd
RE: A water computer - stevebowers - 06-14-2015
Interesting that if a water computer were large enough you could affect the computation by swimming in it.
RE: A water computer - chris0033547 - 06-14-2015
Couldn't this technology be a part of biogeocomputing that for example GAIA used in order to ascend to S:2?
RE: A water computer - Rynn - 06-14-2015
(06-14-2015, 04:28 PM)stevebowers Wrote: Interesting that if a water computer were large enough you could affect the computation by swimming in it.
I'm not sure if this technology will necessarily scale to that extent.