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It looks so bizarre, not the computer as we know it: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ibm_research_zurich/40786969122 https://www.flickr.com/photos/ibm_research_zu

• 2OEH8eoCRo0 7y ago
  Reminds me of the first transistor. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/Replica-of-first-transistor.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/Replica-... It's a science experiment and unfinished proof of concept. Looks mad-sciencey.
• knzhou 7y ago
  These pictures are always really fun, but they're not really "the computer" -- most of what you see is the cooling system.
• boneitis 7y ago
  Hell, even the sight of complex mechanical computers like the Babbage difference engine will make me tremble. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Babbage_Difference_Engine.jpg/1920px-Babbage_Difference_Engine.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Ba... See it in action on YouTube. I feel like I get a similar feeling when I see really alien-looking wind turbines.
• dooglius 7y ago
  Most of that is the refrigeration system needed to keep the device cold enough, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilution_refrigerator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilution_refrigerator