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How Small Can Computers Get? Computing in a Molecule
ScienceDaily on what the future might bring for atomic-scale computing: "Joachim, the head of the CEMES Nanoscience and Picotechnology Group (GNS), is currently coordinating a team of researchers from 15 academic and industrial research institutes in Europe whose groundbreaking work on developing a molecular replacement for transistors has brought the vision of atomic-scale computing a step closer to reality. Their efforts, a continuation of work that began in the 1990s, are today being funded by the European Union in the Pico-Inside project. ... The team has managed to design a simple logic gate with 30 atoms that perform the same task as 14 transistors, while also exploring the architecture, technology, and chemistry needed to achieve computing inside a single molecule and to interconnect molecules."
Sometimes I misplace my laptop. How will if find my tiny computer
in the future? Will I wash it by mistake? Can it take the dry cycle?
Grrrrr.
And you thought laptop screws were hard to find when you drop them on the living room carpet...
Electronic viraga?
"Mind passing me my phone before we start? Just need to SSH into my penis."
You seem to think computers operate using a combination of "processors" and "magic". You are mistaken.
You just rocked my world view.
So they just use magic then?
mostly, yeah.
-- 'The' Lord and Master Bitman On High, Master Of All
No, but someone ported Linux to it...:D
sudo mount --milk --sugar
No, we won't need to shield them with lead. The 6 foot thick heat sinks should suffice.
FOXTROT UNIFORM CHARLIE KILO
... ought to be enough for anybody...
It also means noisy circuits.
You mean like in Formula 1?
There are these things called radio waves. They're used to transmit and receive data without the need for wires. You should try 'em, I've heard they're all the rage! I've even heard they can make the receivers/transmitters really small. Personally, I'm pretty sure this a just a fad.
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I'll stick with my telegraph, thank you very much.
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Now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure everything I just said is completely wrong.
Lets hope not windows as I'd hate to get the BBOD (Blue Balls of Death).
When I have a kid, I want to put him in one of those strollers for twins and then run around the mall looking frantic.