Microchip construction has gone biologic . UC Riverside announced last week that some of its researchers had chance on that the metal - corrode bacteria Shewanella extrude semi - conducting carbon nanotube that can be used for microchips or other tiny electronics devices . Here you’re able to see a nest of Shewanella and tubes . ( Nanotubes are semi - conductive , microscopical alloy subway system , often considered the future of micro - electronics . ) Will we start see to it biology subdivision at scrap fabs ?
ideate immense bacterium farm , organically churning out nanotubes . It would be like a silkworm farm for nanopunks . Researcher Nosang Myung aver :
We have evince that a jar with a hemipterous insect in it can make potentially utile nanostructures .
Apparently , nobody knows on the dot how the bacterium make the tubes , but scientists are already get some success manipulating their vasiform output .
But wait , is n’t incorporating biological science into our electronics the first step to sentient auto and the Cylon gyration ? Let ’s not vex about that now , kids .
Nanotube - producing bacteria[viaThe Biotech Weblog ]
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