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MIT Developing Self-Assembling Computer Chips

Posted by samzenpus on from the so-easy-it-builds-itself dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on have released research detailing how molecules in chips can self-assemble, potentially reducing manufacturing costs. The researchers have developed a technique in which polymers automatically fall into place to create an integrated circuit."

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  1. Re:Beginning of the End by Matrix9180 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replicator_(Stargate)

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  2. Re:Exciting stuff by colonelquesadilla · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Sounds a lot like proteins really... just saying. Is this sort of thing being viewed as a form of biomimetics?

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