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NASA Building Massively Heat-Resistant Chips
coondoggie writes "NASA researchers have designed and built a new circuit chip that can take the heat of a blast furnace and keep on performing. Silicon carbide (SiC) chips can operate at 600 degrees Celsius or 1,112 degrees Fahrenheit where conventional silicon-based electronics — limited to about 350 C — would fail. The new silicon carbide differential amplifier integrated circuit chip may provide benefits to anything requiring long-lasting electronic circuits in very hot environments such as jets, spacecraft, and industrial machinery. In particular, NASA said SiC applications will include energy storage, renewable energy, nuclear power, and electrical drives."
If I have 1 apple in basket A and 1 apple in basket B, how many things do I have, altogether?
At least four. Two apples and two baskets. Probably a shit, trousers, underwear, socks, shoes. Maybe a house, a wife, kids, a car, and all they entail.
I love those "pull-significant-digits-out-of-my-ass" unit conversions.
That's actually where most significant digits come from, especially in the Catholic Church.
Sorry, sorry, couldn't resist. It was the beer talking.
The higher the technology, the sharper that two-edged sword.
bring back the old battery model's
The battery model's what? The apostrophe implies ownership. What word did you omit after "model's"?
Oh, you meant to say "old battery models" because you wanted to use the plural of the word "model".
Why the fuck can't people understand something as simple as the correct usage of apostrophes? Here is a quick tip: If in doubt, leave the apostrophe out!
No no... They are going to use it to help people learn the proper way to use the apostrophe!