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My friend Jem Finer was actively researching building a water computer. In the end he found it too difficult ("It would have necessitated a 60 foot high water
by crucialfelix 8y ago
My friend Jem Finer was actively researching building a water computer.
In the end he found it too difficult ("It would have necessitated a 60 foot high water tower to provide the necessary pressure, and a far greater budget.")
Instead he built one using ball bearings:
http://www.supercomputer.org.uk/ http://www.supercomputer.org.uk/
Located at Trinity Buoy Wharf, London E14 0JW
http://supercomputer.org.uk/photographs.html http://supercomputer.org.uk/photographs.html
http://supercomputer.org.uk/faq.html http://supercomputer.org.uk/faq.html
- userbinator 8y ago60ft of head is only ~26psi, which unless you need that pressure at a ridiculously high flow rate, is easily achievable with a relatively inexpensive pump.
- crucialfelix 8y agoI think he wanted it to be powered only with gravity (for artistic reasons). Also I seem to remember him telling me that it was just far too complicated and fragile. The thing he did build is sitting on the dock by the Thames and it's pretty sturdy.