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Making Computer Memory From a Virus

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the at-the-speed-of-sick dept.

An Ac writes, "By coating 30-nanometre-long chunks of tobacco mosaic virus with platinum nanoparticles, researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, have created a transistor with very fast switching speed. They say it could eventually be used to make memory chips for MP3 players and digital cameras. A device fitted with such a virus-chip would access data much more quickly than one using flash memory."

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  1. Nothing can stop Nazi Pope by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Hi kids, Benedict XVI the Nazi Pope here. Remember to crush the Jews, Islamists, and homosexuals. Thank you and God bless.

  2. I, for one, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I, for one, welcome our new cybernetic exoskeleton virus overlords