Stanford Built Computer That Uses Water Drops

Wait till they get their hands on this cool new technology called "electricity". It will revolutionize everything.
 
the-one1 said:
Wait till they get their hands on this cool new technology called "electricity". It will revolutionize everything.
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They are using large coils to generate the magnetic field.

Not sure what the purpose of this is other than "look what I can do".
 
cyclone3d said:
They are using large coils to generate the magnetic field.

Not sure what the purpose of this is other than "look what I can do".
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Research money has to be utilized or funding can be reduced. This is what causes a lot of these experiments to happen.
 
cyclone3d said:
They are using large coils to generate the magnetic field.

Not sure what the purpose of this is other than "look what I can do".
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After finishing the video, I'm all like, "And then?!"

I guess I don't see what practical application this would have.
 
cyclone3d said:
Not sure what the purpose of this is other than "look what I can do".
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My thoughts exactly.

Furthermore, manipulation of magnetic materials in 2D shouldn't require the three axis B-field generating coils they have there... i wonder what they are up to.
 
When have us nerds needed any other reason than "because I can" to try out something new?

This is pretty neat.
 
Oh man, this totally reminds me of that time all those people on that site about modifying personal computers bitched because someone was doing real hard science research and they didn't understand it...oh wait...
 
Academic institutions don't do research based on a potential application, they do research to understand the underlying science. If you want application, that's private industry's job.
 
I Have Gout, Allergies (bad), permanent spinal fracture, high blood presure, etc.

I take 11 meds + a day.

With something like this on a production scale I could see going to the pharmacy, in real time, have it mix up custom formulations just for my prescriptions and give me a gelcap for morning and one for night - color coded even.

I can see on the spot micro chemistry. Why worry what color ant type resin to get for your 3d printer when it can be auto-mixed on the spot to custom spec.

Interesting possibilities with food too.

Custom manipulation of mater could lead to a whole new 3d fabrication process.

Anyhow, what I am thinking.
 
omg waste of money, omg we already have real komputahs, omg scientists r retarded
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a lot of research results come from fooling around with ideas and concepts and looking outside the box. some research advances the field not at all, some adds a new idea here and there and at some point someone comes along and puts some of these new ideas into a scientific breakthrough or a product noone knew they even wanted, but suddenly they line up days in advance to buy it.

what these guys do may some day be more valuable than what a million people sitting in their cubicle all day produce. in any case, if this research does prove useless, it is certainly not less valuable than pushing around pencils in a cubicle because that's impossible.
 
"It's not about manipulating information faster, but it's about manipulating matter faster" They should have started with that.

I can see it maybe useful for chemistry and biochemistry. It's not about making a better computer.
 
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