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Gecko's Feet Power New RAM Chips

Posted by Zonk on from the i-don't-want-to-use-fred-flintstone's-computer dept.

An anonymous reader writes "IT Week has a story about carbon nanotubes being used to make memory chips. As the name suggests, carbon nanotubes are extremely small cylinders of carbon, and they have some similar properties to the extremely fine hairs on the feet of Geckos that enable the lizards to climb walls and hang from ceilings. The new chips work faster than current technologies, and hold their data without needing a power source." We've previously discussed this technology.

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  1. Great News! by rAiNsT0rm · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...I just saved a bunch of money on my car ins...RAM Chips.

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  2. It's escaped by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hunni could you get the RAM off the ceiling again please!!

  3. Re:These Firefox guys are everywhere by maxwell+demon · · Score: 3, Funny

    Actually they mean that Gecko's memory footprint is so large that you'll need to buy new RAM chips. :-)

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  4. Upcoming lizard related technology... by Churla · · Score: 5, Funny
    "Soft-tongue" - This will allow code to adaptively eat bugs in software. MS has been rumored to be in talks to buy this technology outright. Unfortunately it will also be unsightly enough to creep out your significant other. (which means it will fit in with most other MS software)

    "Chameleo-browser" - A new plugin for firefox which will allow porn pages, when seen from a distance to blend in with spreadsheets and become unnoticable.

    ** Note - In response to these advances the LOST (Lizard Open Source Team) has chosen to patent their genetic makeup to prevent futher abuses of their technology. NTP will be handling the patents.

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  5. Re:NOT a Misleading Title by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny
    When the power is removed, the same van der Waals forces that underpin gecko toes keeps the fiber in the down position.
    Kinda' gives new meaning to "sticky bit" notion.