Everything goes in cycles.
When I started grad school in Cincy, there was an old analog computer that took up 3-4 racks in the VAX room. I heard some mumblings of what it was good for, but never saw anyone use it. The profs who did IC design work always spoke very respectfully of the analog IC designers out in industry - they were doing so much more interesting work than those combining masses of flip-flops into ever larger circuits.... ;-)
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Automatic gearboxs are analog computers.
And many of them are very reliable, too.
Wade. Just Add Story http://justaddstory.wordpress.com/
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Great design tools for electrostatic lenses..
I recall seeing a (rather huge and elaborate) HeathKit! Analog Computer which I hadn't heard of previously:
used in electrode designs for ion sources. With obvious success. It would seem that, as with so much of homo-sap's herd-instinct--yet another baby was thrown out as the bathwater--defined next: the swimming pool in which All must toil in future, because: Digital was so kewl, surely it must be The Technique for All problem solving, exclusively --or, you're fired Mr. Tesla! --and take those silly big coils with you! on your way out.. But I digress... |
Design amphibious tank for DARPA, win $1M
- (Another Scott)
- (5)
- Jan. 12, 2013, 12:15:22 AM EST
3D Printing at its finest.
-NT
- (folkert)
- Jan. 12, 2013, 01:08:34 AM EST
Better, design the future of computing: it's analog ;^>
- (Ashton)
- (3)
- Jan. 12, 2013, 03:26:55 AM EST
Everything goes in cycles.
- (Another Scott)
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- Jan. 12, 2013, 08:38:57 AM EST
Automatic gearboxs are analog computers.
- (static)
- Jan. 12, 2013, 05:22:17 PM EST
Great design tools for electrostatic lenses..
- (Ashton)
- Jan. 24, 2013, 05:17:28 PM EST
