--- begin forwarded text Delivered-To: ignition-point@majordomo.pobox.com X-Sender: believer@telepath.com Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 05:38:30 -0600 To: believer@telepath.com From: believer@telepath.com Subject: IP: Atomic Chip Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: owner-ignition-point@majordomo.pobox.com Precedence: list Reply-To: believer@telepath.com Tuesday 27 Oct, 1998 NOW - THE ATOMIC CHIP Scientists at the Technical University of Denmark said today they have created an atom-sized computer chip, in which a single hydrogen atom jumping to and fro generates a binary code. And the technique operates at room temperatures. It means a million CDs could fit onto one disc. But it is not expected to become commercial for some years. The university's Microelectronics Centre, which carried out the research, is at http://www.mic.dtu.dk **************************************************** To subscribe or unsubscribe, email: majordomo@majordomo.pobox.com with the message: (un)subscribe ignition-point email@address or (un)subscribe ignition-point-digest email@address **************************************************** www.telepath.com/believer **************************************************** --- end forwarded text ----------------- Robert A. Hettinga <mailto: rah@philodox.com> Philodox Financial Technology Evangelism <http://www.philodox.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'