Water wave analogue computer predicts chaotic future.

Researchers have built a proof-of-concept computer that uses running water instead of traditional logical circuitry processors to forecast future events via an approach called "reservoir computing." The computer uses solitary waves to process data at a higher speed and can forecast financial markets and certain kinds of human activity. The researchers plan to miniaturize the computer as a microfluidic processor, which could bring data science and machine learning to rural and remote communities worldwide.