A programmable display using microfluidics [video]

87 pointsby kvnhn90 days ago6 comments(www.youtube.com)

Comments (5)

behnamoh•87 days ago

This is cool and all but even water droplets won't convince me to start learning Java. Nice try Oracle ;)

lukebechtel•87 days ago

kotlin saves the day!

•87 days ago

Wowfunhappy•86 days ago

How annoying is it to reset the game? Do you have to reload the water droplets every time?

It's a shame that once the glass is added, it looks significantly less cool. (But you need the glass to make unique shapes.)

xg15•85 days ago

I think he should try more stuff that aligns more closely with the original purpose of the device, I.e. programmable mixing and "routing" of fluids.

From all the examples with the glass pane, I found those the most interesting.

Maybe connect multiple of those devices together with hoses into some kind of "fluidics network", or build a hyper-exact cocktail mixing machine or something similar.

stonerri•86 days ago

Volta Labs (YC W19) uses this technology to prepare samples for DNA sequencing. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40075571

hinkley•87 days ago

“This is a medical device but I’m using it for something much more important, like PacMan, and Snake.”

Steve, you fucking legend.

•87 days ago