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MEMS Researchers Hope To Exploit Casimir Effect

Posted by timothy on from the just-call-it-cas-for-short dept.

smartalix writes "Researchers at Purdue University's School of Science are examining the Casimir effect (a phenomenon that explains Max Planck's and Werner Heisenberg's quantum vacuum fluctuation theory) and its impact on nanostructures in MEMS devices. At the distances these structures such as gear teeth, actuators, and such) will be operating from one another, the Casimir force may become something to reckon with, potentially forcing a limit to the level of miniaturization possible. The Purdue team is not only confirming Casimir's original theory, it is exploring possible ways to harness the effect in micromachines."

3 of 39 comments (clear)

  1. FP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Heil Hitler. God, I fucking hate sand-niggers. Make them stop blowing themselves up, those stupid fucks.

    Here's the on-topic part of my comment, (for moderation purposes), NIGGERS.

  2. Cashmere by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It's spelled C-A-S-H-M-E-R-E.

  3. Stupid EE Times article by rpresser · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I stopped reading the EE Times article after this stupid mistake:

    As computer chips increasingly make use of photons (instead of electrons) to carry data...

    Computer chips don't use electrons to carry data; they use photons. If getting a bit from one side of the chip to the other required moving an electron, we'd be hearing about Intel's new 4 Hertz processor next week.