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♤ A chemical computer, also called reaction-diffusion computer, BZ computer (stands for Belousov– Zhabotinsky computer) or gooware computer is an unconventional computer based on a semi-solid chemical "soup" where data are represented by varying concentrations of chemicals.
♤ The computations are performed by naturally occurring chemical reactions.
♤ The simplicity of this technology is one of the main reasons why it in the future could turn into a serious competitor to machines based on conventional hardware.
♤ A modern microprocessor is an incredibly complicated device that can be destroyed during production by no more than a single airborne microscopic particle.