Missing Link of Electronics Discovered: "Memristor"

Zornhau

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Fri May-02-08 09:05 PM
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Missing Link of Electronics Discovered: "Memristor"

After nearly 40 years, researchers have discovered a new type of building block for electronic circuits. And there's at least a chance it will spare you from recharging your phone every other day. Scientists at Hewlett-Packard Laboratories in Palo Alto, Calif., report in Nature that a new nanometer-scale electric switch "remembers" whether it is on or off after its power is turned off. (A nanometer is one billionth of a meter.)

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=missing-link-of-electronics

As an electrical engineer, this is pretty exciting stuff. I can't wait to see the new products that come out of this!

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Sat May-03-08 12:09 AM
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1. Okay, speculate on the possible applications.

Don't get me wrong- this is a very big advance, by all accounts- but at the moment, it seems more of a solution in search of a problem.

How might this be applied- in detail? Being an electrical engineer (my dad was one also, and wired half the house), I'm sure you have some ideas....

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