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Slightly related, the soviets operated mechanical computers which used water instead of gears and levers to compute things. Apparently they were used well into
by robotnikman 3y ago
Slightly related, the soviets operated mechanical computers which used water instead of gears and levers to compute things. Apparently they were used well into the 80's
https://www.amusingplanet.com/2019/12/vladimir-lukyanovs-water-computer.html https://www.amusingplanet.com/2019/12/vladimir-lukyanovs-wat...
- flir 3y agohttps://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects-and-stories/how-does-economy-work https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects-and-stories/how-doe... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MONIAC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MONIAC
- eps 3y agoTangentialy related - Legend has it that there was once a water-cooled Soviet mainframe model. At some point one of the machines was overheating and it was tracked down to the algae growth in coolant tubes. So the joke was that this made Soviets the pioneers of bionic computing.
- xorbax 3y agoImportant point - it was doing integrations! Which seems both intuitive and incredibly impressive for the 1930's