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Note that mechanical computers aren't the only alternative to electric computers, biological computing is another area of active research: https://en.wikipedia

Note that mechanical computers aren't the only alternative to electric computers, biological computing is another area of active research: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological_computing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological_computing Speed and cooling might be less of an issue considering the scale which biological processes operate. Although biological computing sounds a lot like just doing everything by hand: https://xkcd.com/2173/ https://xkcd.com/2173/

throwAGIway 2y ago
You can't get biological computers without having very high speed computers though. This field of biology is very reliant on computer analysis.
denton-scratch 2y ago
For many years I've wanted to build a digital clock out of fluid gates. The medium would be clear water; the 7-segment display would consist of transparent tubes, into which stained oil is pushed to activate a segment. I think a gate would probably be some kind of vortex. I've never tried to build it, because - I don't know anything about fluid mechanics - The 'exhaust' is water, so I could only really operate this thing in the bath