Sometimes I wonder whether computing would have been possible if electricity and its related effects could not be harnessed for logic and computation. In that alternate universe I could imagine us creating quite sophisticated devices running off of compressed air; perhaps not to the atomic level of precision we can achieve with solid state devices, but extremely capable nonetheless.
Wow, this is underrated. The start of the video cuts between a few other inventions this creator made using air. They discussed using air for digital logic gates generally.
If the active elements were convex instead of concave, I can imagine this being useful for people with visual impairments. How does this compare to existing technologies for braille displays?
Sometimes I wonder whether computing would have been possible if electricity and its related effects could not be harnessed for logic and computation. In that alternate universe I could imagine us creating quite sophisticated devices running off of compressed air; perhaps not to the atomic level of precision we can achieve with solid state devices, but extremely capable nonetheless.
Wow, this is underrated. The start of the video cuts between a few other inventions this creator made using air. They discussed using air for digital logic gates generally.
Really neat stuff I hadn’t thought about before!
If the active elements were convex instead of concave, I can imagine this being useful for people with visual impairments. How does this compare to existing technologies for braille displays?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refreshable_braille_display
The technology hasn't changed at all since the 1992 film Sneakers with the blind character Whistler. https://youtu.be/GS3npSv8iuM?t=124
If you liked the pneumatic segmented display like I did, here is a meditative video on alternative segmented displays.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTB5XhjbgZA
No affiliation, just one of my favourite videos.
Dupe from a few days ago [1], but glad this is gaining some attention. Truly remarkable work.
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47733345
It becomes more interesting when you couple a flexible display with it.
...especially if that display could be a touch screen...
It's been tried with fluid instead of air.
https://www.engadget.com/this-oled-screen-can-fill-with-liqu...
Rocky would approve.
niche
A whole new type of "vacuum tube"
sometimes humans are awesome.