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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. Man this one is begging for it! by FunkSoulBrother · · Score: 5, Funny

    If this pans out, soon we'll be able to Surf the 'net!

  2. Re:RFC for this? by reaper20 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes, except that if the IP pigeons drink the IP water, the universe will explode.

  3. Why water? by coloth · · Score: 5, Funny

    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

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  4. Reminds me of Soggy Noodle... by torpor · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... 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.

    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 ... and I got a few odd looks from a co-worker as I cleaned up, chuckling to myself, but hey...

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  5. H2O + IP by circletimessquare · · Score: 5, Funny

    water plus iodine phosphide is extremely explosive.

    careful, carnivore is watching. ;-P

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