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H2O/IP

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the waterpik dept.

AltImage writes "This interesting project uses water as an organic network between two computers. It analyzes the color of each pixel and 'prints' out pulses to the electronically controlled water valve - a different pulse pattern depending on the color of the pixel on screen."

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  1. Re:Water isn't organic.. by markov_chain · · Score: 2, Interesting

    "organic" is an artists' word. They use it to indicate that something is life-like, real-worldly, fuzzily defined, synergized with nature, etc. They don't really intend to imply the scientific meaning.

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  2. One practical application by katalyst · · Score: 2, Interesting

    This technique can be used to convert the movements/vibrations made by fish into some kind of visual form: and what might be the purpose? Art... beauty... abstract communication ??

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  3. Re:Other way around? by Gekke+Eekhoorn · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I agree, at the very least, it should be IP/H2O. But the story also doesn't tell us if the creator actually uses IP.

    If I was making something like this, it would probably have a low-bandwidth protocol. I mean, look at that grayscale picture. That just spells "My Network Is Very Slow". I wouldn't go encapsulating the packets in IP....

    In Dutch, we would call his naming "Dichterlijke vrijheid", which translates to "Poetic freedom". It doesn't have to make sense, it should just convey the idea :). H2O/IP is probably wrong, but it conveys the idea.