Post by jeffolie on Sept 7, 2012 12:02:32 GMT -6
geek o system reports water 4 computing: the future of mother boards is a pool
I watched a sci fi movie maybe 15 years ago where in the post apocolypse crash all their 'WATER BASED COMPUTERS' lost all the stored memory similar to a hard drive crash. Who knew?
As far as I know this report is not an Onion piece.
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Tiny Drops Of Water Can Be Used For Basic Computing
Aalto University Advanced Materials Computers Computing superhydrophobic droplet logic Water
September 7th, 2012
Researchers at Aalto University have devised a way to convert tiny drops of water into encoded digital information, building a simple computer out of just water droplets and a water-repellant surface. A new study in the journal Advanced Materials demonstrates that, using a hydrophobic surface that causes water to bead up and roll off, researchers can follow the trails of individual water droplets along paths in the surface. That predictability allowed researchers to build simple computers like a memory device that tracks the droplets and encodes them as bits of information, with drops on one track representing ones and drops on the other representing zeroes. They even demonstrated machines that can use the technology to complete basic Boolean operations.
The new technology is known as “superhydrophobic droplet logic,” (which means that Beck will have to think of a new name for his next album) and it doesn’t stop at just encoding information. By creating water droplets that carry chemical cargos and controlling where they went, the research team could even program chemical reactions.
The research released today is just a proof of concept for now, and it will be years before the technique sees any practical applications — if it ever does. It’s an interesting and heretofore unheard of concept, though, and one that if developed further could lead to simple logic devices that can run without any electrical power. The programmable chemical reactions hold even more promise, with the potential to see use in simple chemical analysis systems that could sniff out pollution or diagnose disease. For right now, you can take a look at the video below to see the new technique in action.
www.geekosystem.com/water-drop-computing/
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Helsinki Institute for Information Technology
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Helsinki Institute for Information Technology HIIT (Finnish: Tietotekniikan tutkimuslaitos HIIT, Swedish: Forskningsinstitutet för informationsteknologi HIIT) is a joint research unit of two leading research universities in Helsinki, Finland, the University of Helsinki (UH) and Aalto University.
The work of the institute is organised in four research programmes, covering algorithmic data analysis, future Internet, network society, and probabilistic adaptive systems. Much of the work is carried out in competitively funded projects in co-operation with Finnish and international partners. The institute is led by Samuel Kaski, who was selected to continue the work of Martti Mäntylä from Helsinki University of Technology, Esko Ukkonen from University of Helsinki, and Heikki Mannila. HIIT has about 200 researchers and staff.
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AScI
The Aalto Science Institute is an interdisciplinary research initiative hosted by the Aalto University School of Science to advance and foster international collaboration and research at the highest level across the fields of science.
Current in AScI
•Ongoing call for Visting Researchers is open
•Story on AScI Internship programme 2012 and Pictures by AScI Intern
•25.-30.6.2012: Aalto Science Factory on Fourier Analysis and Pseudo-Differential Operators, Aalto Otaniemi Campus, Espoo
•4.-8.6.2012: Aalto Science Factory on Complex Networks, Sannäs Manor, Porvoo
•23.-26.5.2012: First Aalto Science Factory on Statistical Mechanics of Unsatisfiability and Glasses, Mariehamn
•8.5.2012: Visiting Professors to the School of Science in 2012-2013
News
07.09.2012 Ongoing call for AScI Visiting Researchers .
06.09.2012 Towards computing with water droplets – superhydrophobic droplet logic .
06.09.2012 Success in video games lights up brain’s reward centers
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I watched a sci fi movie maybe 15 years ago where in the post apocolypse crash all their 'WATER BASED COMPUTERS' lost all the stored memory similar to a hard drive crash. Who knew?
As far as I know this report is not an Onion piece.
=============================
Tiny Drops Of Water Can Be Used For Basic Computing
Aalto University Advanced Materials Computers Computing superhydrophobic droplet logic Water
September 7th, 2012
Researchers at Aalto University have devised a way to convert tiny drops of water into encoded digital information, building a simple computer out of just water droplets and a water-repellant surface. A new study in the journal Advanced Materials demonstrates that, using a hydrophobic surface that causes water to bead up and roll off, researchers can follow the trails of individual water droplets along paths in the surface. That predictability allowed researchers to build simple computers like a memory device that tracks the droplets and encodes them as bits of information, with drops on one track representing ones and drops on the other representing zeroes. They even demonstrated machines that can use the technology to complete basic Boolean operations.
The new technology is known as “superhydrophobic droplet logic,” (which means that Beck will have to think of a new name for his next album) and it doesn’t stop at just encoding information. By creating water droplets that carry chemical cargos and controlling where they went, the research team could even program chemical reactions.
The research released today is just a proof of concept for now, and it will be years before the technique sees any practical applications — if it ever does. It’s an interesting and heretofore unheard of concept, though, and one that if developed further could lead to simple logic devices that can run without any electrical power. The programmable chemical reactions hold even more promise, with the potential to see use in simple chemical analysis systems that could sniff out pollution or diagnose disease. For right now, you can take a look at the video below to see the new technique in action.
www.geekosystem.com/water-drop-computing/
==================================
Helsinki Institute for Information Technology
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Helsinki Institute for Information Technology HIIT (Finnish: Tietotekniikan tutkimuslaitos HIIT, Swedish: Forskningsinstitutet för informationsteknologi HIIT) is a joint research unit of two leading research universities in Helsinki, Finland, the University of Helsinki (UH) and Aalto University.
The work of the institute is organised in four research programmes, covering algorithmic data analysis, future Internet, network society, and probabilistic adaptive systems. Much of the work is carried out in competitively funded projects in co-operation with Finnish and international partners. The institute is led by Samuel Kaski, who was selected to continue the work of Martti Mäntylä from Helsinki University of Technology, Esko Ukkonen from University of Helsinki, and Heikki Mannila. HIIT has about 200 researchers and staff.
=======================================
AScI
The Aalto Science Institute is an interdisciplinary research initiative hosted by the Aalto University School of Science to advance and foster international collaboration and research at the highest level across the fields of science.
Current in AScI
•Ongoing call for Visting Researchers is open
•Story on AScI Internship programme 2012 and Pictures by AScI Intern
•25.-30.6.2012: Aalto Science Factory on Fourier Analysis and Pseudo-Differential Operators, Aalto Otaniemi Campus, Espoo
•4.-8.6.2012: Aalto Science Factory on Complex Networks, Sannäs Manor, Porvoo
•23.-26.5.2012: First Aalto Science Factory on Statistical Mechanics of Unsatisfiability and Glasses, Mariehamn
•8.5.2012: Visiting Professors to the School of Science in 2012-2013
News
07.09.2012 Ongoing call for AScI Visiting Researchers .
06.09.2012 Towards computing with water droplets – superhydrophobic droplet logic .
06.09.2012 Success in video games lights up brain’s reward centers
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