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storage

Scientists Build Nanowire Memory That Uses Trits, Not Bits

Scientists at University of Pennsylvania have been tinkering with germanium-tellurium nanowires and have figured out how to make them store data in three states. Yup, that's 0,1 and 2... binary seems passé now doesn't it? According to the team, storing trits instead of bits "could allow for a huge increase in the memory density of potential future devices," meaning higher capacity storage in the same size. And using nanowires is a particularly good way to make memory chips because it may be possible to make them self-organize, making "top-down" silicon-chip fabrication seem clunky. The team's busy perfecting their understanding of nanowire size and chemistry, so don't expect to see results from the tech too soon. [Physorg]

6:30 AM on Thu Jul 3 2008
By Kit Eaton
4,160 views, 38 comments

Latest by quasimotto: you guys forgot the "01" state = congrats you have Quinitlets!! more »

robots

Shape-Shifting Robot Re-Assembles Itself, Will Chase Snotty Teens on Motorbikes One Day

University of Pennsylvania roboticists—who talk like robot versions of Alan Alda—have developed modular artificial creatures capable of recomposing themselves in case they are destroyed—effectively taking the first step toward global annihilation, thank you very much. Happily for Humanity, they are far from T1000, and closer to Jerry Lewis, as the (quite funny, yet sad) end of the video shows. More »

12:50 PM on Tue Apr 29 2008
By Jesus Diaz
5,023 views, 33 comments