First computer made of carbon nanotubes is unveiled

[steve2470]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24232896



The first computer built entirely with carbon nanotubes has been unveiled, opening the door to a new generation of digital devices.

"Cedric" is only a basic prototype but could be developed into a machine which is smaller, faster and more efficient than today's silicon models.

Nanotubes have long been touted as the heir to silicon's throne, but building a working computer has proven awkward.

The breakthrough by Stanford University engineers is published in Nature.

[Uncle Joe]

1. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, steve.

[steve2470]

2. my pleasure ! nt

[Uncle Joe]

4. With advancements in nano-technology, it won't be too long before people are wearing

computerized (smart) clothes.

[steve2470]

10. just keep my tightey whiteys dumb, please :p nt

[jberryhill]

3. Why did they put eyeglasses on it?

[steve2470]

9. the glasses are the monitor

[BootinUp]

5. What I want to know

is whether the eventual commercial product can be made at a similar cost to silicon chips. Carbon is far more costly raw material, but maybe it uses so little in terms of mass that it is not that significant.

[Uncle Joe]

6. I imagine over time it will be, silicon chips became cheaper as the means to manufacture them

improved.

I see no reason as to why this same dynamic won't occur in regards to nano-technology.

[Rex]

7. Great so how long before it figures out Pi?

nt.

[nadinbrzezinski]

8. And moore's law will not hit that wall

[Eleanors38]

11. Looks like a Rotisserie. I wonder if the manufacturing

will be similar to that of MIT's battery prototypes which puncture a plate thousands of times with the resulting cone-shaped "pucker" holes increasing surface area in a given space.

The materials science must be a gas.