IBM is trying to solve all of computing’s scaling issues with 5D electronic blood

"Hand me a clamp, stat," a skinny guy in a white lab coat says with some urgency. An older man, who had been standing back from the messy melee, looks over the shoulder of the first man. "Quick, the blood's going everywhere," he says. He's holding a syringe full of bright blue liquid.

"Okay, okay," says another white-coated man, hurrying off. He returns a few seconds later. "Got the clamp. And some gauze as well."

I stand in the corner of the room for a few minutes and watch the men operate on the patient. Eventually, when everything seems to have stabilised, I cautiously take a step towards the workbench and assess the damage. "Is it usually this messy?" I ask, looking down at a mound of sodden tissues, pipes, pumps, and syringes. The whole thing throbs gently, rhythmically, unnervingly.

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