Making Money Flow: The MONIAC on HackerTube: recommended by 1 Hacker News commenter across 1 month, 2020–2022.
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A short demonstration of the MONIAC, Bill Phillips' hydro-mechanical economic computer, at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand museum. It shows how water flows model an economy's money flows.
Brought up as a charming example of analog and liquid computers simulating a national economy.
“There's a short youtube documentary on its history and operation.”
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I believe one of the earliest applications incorporating this line of thought was MONIAC, the Monetary National Income Analogue Computer, which used water levels to model the economy [0]. There's a short youtube documentary on its history and operation. [1] [0] [link] [1] ▶ this video ▶ this video (shows operation of MONIAC)
in “Physicists are building neural networks out of vibrations, voltages and lasers” · View on HN
Here’s an analogue computer called the MONIAC from ~1949 that calculates monetary flow in an economy: [link] with a fairly naff video of it operating but captures the essence: ▶ this video I like the COMPAQ branding added to it!
in “Quantum winter is coming” · View on HN
This is exactly why MONIAC[0][1] was created in 1949. Not a real computer exactly - it simulates the entire system with water flow. [0] [link] [1] ▶ this video
in “Show HN: A central bank simulator game with a realistic economic model” · View on HN
There was a neat liquid computer called the MONIAC used to model the national economic processes of the UK. Here's a video: ▶ this video Edit: Oh it was mentioned in the paper!
in “A brief history of liquid computers (2019)” · View on HN
And of course its always worth mentioning the MONIAC.. (Monetary National Income Analogue Computer) also known as the Phillips Hydraulic Computer [link] ▶ this video
in “The Vintage Beauty of Soviet Control Rooms (2018)” · View on HN