Computers and water typically don't mix, but in Manu Prakash's lab at Stanford, engineers have developed a computer that operates using the unique physics of moving water droplets.
The computer was made from an idea which struck Prakash when he was just a student. The work combines his expertise in manipulating droplet fluid dynamics with a fundamental element of computer science an operating clock. "In this work, we finally demonstrate a synchronous, universal droplet logic and control," Prakash said. The droplet computer
