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March 11, 2008
Scientists Create Tiny Computer, Mimcs Human Brain
The most powerful computer known is the brain, and now scientists have designed a machine just a few molecules large that mimics how the brain works.So far the device can simultaneously carry out 16 times more operations than a normal computer transistor. Researchers suggest the invention might eventually prove able to perform roughly 1,000 times more operations than a transistor.
This machine could not only serve as the foundation of a powerful computer, but also serve as the controlling element of complex gadgets such as microscopic doctors or factories, scientists added.
The device is made of a compound known as duroquinone. This molecule resembles a hexagonal plate with four cones linked to it, "like a small car," explained researcher Anirban Bandyopadhyay, an artificial intelligence and molecular electronics scientist at the National Institute for Materials Science at Tsukuba in Japan.
WATCH: how the little bugger works.
(via yahoo news, digg)
Posted by Groonk at March 11, 2008 05:54 PM | Ministry of Nanotech
