§ Mr. David Priceasked the Minister of Technology what support his Department is giving to the development of fluidics for use in computer logic.
§ Dr. BrayThe Ministry of Technology is supporting the development of fluid logic devices for computer peripherals by means of two contracts under the Advanced Computer Techniques Project. One contract is with British Telecommunications Research Ltd., for 18 months at a total cost of £52,000. The other is with International Computers & Tabulators Ltd. for 18 months at a total cost of £50,000. In each case the Ministry pays half the cost. The aim of the contracts is the development of individual low price fluid logic elements, and the development of complex integrated arrays of fluid logic elements to perform particular logical functions. At a three-day conference organised by the British Hydro Mechanics Research Association held at Cambridge University this month five of the papers presented resulted from work under the two A.C.T.P. contracts.