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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."
Water isn't organic..
I don't know, some of the stuff I've gotten out of the tap probably contains more organic material than most snack foods.
If this pans out, soon we'll be able to Surf the 'net!
There was another link I can't find anymore to a lab moving microscopic drops of water around on a sillicon substrate really fast. The target apps are in biochemistry, but iirc the design used the liquid to do some logic, also.
"A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming, is not worth knowing" - Alan Perlis
Yes, except that if the IP pigeons drink the IP water, the universe will explode.
Seems to me, water was an uncreative choice for a creative project. Why not:
Wine - An object lesson in classy networking.
Milk - Don't have a cow, but your MOO just got creamed.
Diesel - Oh, you knew they were going to get into high tech somehow.
Coffee - Finally the name "Java" makes sense!
Antifreeze - Hey, it just might work!
Urine - For something that has pissed you off so much over the years
Machines take me by surprise with great frequency. -A. Turing
... a few years back during a LAAAATE night hacking session on a device driver for some hardware, I decided I'd had enough and needed to do something fun.
... and I got a few odd looks from a co-worker as I cleaned up, chuckling to myself, but hey...
I unglued myself from the swetty membrane that had formed between the edges of my ass and the chair, delved deep into foggy memory banks for details on how to move my arms and legs, got up and robo'ed to the kitchen with curled fingers to make pasta. It was a LOOONG code session, damn.
Halfway back, I got the idea to use noodles to connect the device I was working on to my PC, just for fun. Easy enough to do: the serial line from my debugger to the outboard gear was just three wires.
Some avid hacking with duct-tape, judicious use of PCB-posts, and 10 minutes later, I had things working!! I could talk to my device over the soggy noodle!
So funny, sending commands over pasta!
Okay, I went home after that. It didn't work so well the next day, when the pasta had dried up and stuck to the edges of the PCB
; -- the corruption of government starts with its secrets. a truly free people keep no secrets. --
water plus iodine phosphide is extremely explosive.
;-P
careful, carnivore is watching.
intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it