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Researchers Spin Out Smaller Electronics Than Ever

Posted by Zonk on from the can-i-borrow-your-illustrated-primer dept.

schliz writes "Scientists have found a more efficient way to harness the spin of an electron to store and process information. The new technology, dubbed 'spintronics', has potentials in the development of nanoscale devices that are much more energy efficient than current charge-based electronic devices. Researchers expect the new technology to be incorporated in computing circuitry within the next decade."

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  1. Spintronics is scary by stox · · Score: 3, Funny

    What happens if a manufacturer sells devices to the public, and all the complementary ( ie. opposite spin ) devices to the government? The spooks will really have a windfall then.

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    1. Re:Spintronics is scary by dreamchaser · · Score: 3, Funny

      Your sense of humor called. It misses you and wants to get back together. I really hope you two can work it out this time.

  2. Re:Fundamentals... by inasra · · Score: 3, Funny

    Sorry, now I just have to ask who reviewed this article for sanity... Didn't you get the memo? Slashdot uses a new technology called spin-a-yarn which auto magically chooses the best stories out of all the submitted ones. Unfortunately it sometimes spins so fast that it goes back in time and reposts a few stories now and then. But most of the time it spins so slowly that it always ends up posting current stories in the future.
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  3. "Spin Out Smaller Electronics" by masterzora · · Score: 2, Funny

    Haha, I get it! Electrons spin! Get it? Get it?

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  4. Re:Fundamentals... by X-treme-LLama · · Score: 2, Funny

    Last I checked, only politicians could change orientation without physically moving. . . No, politicians are the only ones who can appear to have their nose to the grindstone while straddling the fence and keeping both ears to the ground.
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  5. What about? by edwardpickman · · Score: 3, Funny

    Will the devises work in the southern hemisphere? If everything spines in the opposite direction down under will there have to be southern hemisphere versions? Will both versions work on the equator? Most important how much beer does one have to consume for this to be a legitimate topic of conversation?

    1. Re:What about? by Proofof.+Chaos · · Score: 2, Funny

      Most important how much beer does one have to consume for this to be a legitimate topic of conversation? [goes to fridge, gets another]
      5 bottles, apparently.
  6. Re:Fundamentals... by Antique+Geekmeister · · Score: 2, Funny

    That would explain why Hillary Clinton wears so much makeup.