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Ion-Based Data Allows Atom-Sized Storage Cells Similar To Brain Structure (thestack.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Researchers in Germany have developed a method of writing data with ions and retrieving it with electrons that opens the path for atom-sized storage devices which are similar to structures found in the human brain. The Nanoelectronic group at Kiel University joined the Ruhr Universitat Bochum to seek alternatives to conventional memory technologies, which involve the displacement of electrons by applying voltage, but which promise little more advance in terms of capacity or form-factor. The new technique is based on electrical resistance using a solid ion conductor.
Fuck the white man!
Sometimes I beat off
Hands on mouse and dick, click click
Mom knocks, fuck off bitch!
http://www.nature.com/articles...
In conclusion, a double barrier memristive device was realized with a highly uniform current distribution for the high and low resistance states, which indicates a non-filamentary based resistive switching mechanism. We have shown evidence that the use of an ultra-thin NbxOy solid state electrolyte layer of 2.5nm sandwiched between an Au (Schottky) contact and an Al2O3 tunneling barrier restricts the resistive switching mechanism to interfacial effects where both barriers are involved. This may lead to the observed drastically improved retention characteristic compared to the single barrier Schottky contact devices and may be based on confined oxygen ion diffusion within the sandwiched NbxOy layer.
I'm sure someone must have some jokes about that.
Do they mean: partial, inaccurate, self-falsifying, full of holes, and quickly decaying?
Final paragraph makes nebulous claim about highly parallel low power devices being able to do tasks the human brain can.......this has zero to do with any process or structure found in the human or any other animal brain.
~ waiting for the disk formatting to complete...
This technology will be used by the NSA and it's global counterparts to store every single piece of communication from every single human being on the planet, just in case they're terrorists, or criminals, or 'undesirables' of any sort from anyone's standard by which they judge 'undesirable'. Welcome to the Prison Planet, ladies and gentlemen; please discard your human rights in the provided (incindiary) receptacle, and proceed to the implantation station to have your permanent RFID tag installed in the back of your neck. Please be advised that attempted removal of your ID device will trigger the micro-explosive that will sever your brain stem, rendering you instantly dead; this is done for your protection.
..Yes, I'm a bit depressed, which is the preferred fuel for the Cynical Engine. FFS I work at a major microprocessor manufacturer, and I see how much of the technology we're creating is geared towards controlling content, controlling the end-user, and catering to fascist corporations like Microsoft, which want to collect every gods-be-damned keystroke and mouse click, for their marketing data, for selling to their 'partner companies', and to give to bullshit fascist organizations like the NSA 'so they can keep us safe THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!!11!!'. It's almost enough to make me want to hang myself in the garage so I don't have to see or hear or know any more of it -- or to wish for the extinction-level-event of a mile-wide asteroid slamming into the Earth, killing off 90% of the population (because that's a big red Reset Button if there ever was one), or to have interstellar-capable aliens show up (becuase that's a Wake-Up Call if there ever was one) or to just have the Earth itself decide 'enough of this shit!' and fuck us the hell up..
I ran electricity through a moist fart cloud once, similar to the processes found in the human brain.
Besides the point... molecule sized transistor, atoms for hardware, light as processor, we're getting some cool stuffs soon. Only bad part is, none of those parts will be on ebay anytime soon.