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... more play to go. For instance, we can in principle make a transistor from a single atom Single-atom transistor beats Moore's Law by eight years (Wired UK). Avogrado's number ...
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- Sprinkling Of Neural Dust Opens Door To Electroceuticals
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... the body into electricity to power a tiny, on-board transistor that is in contact with a nerve or muscle fiber. A voltage spike in ...
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- Scientists Explain Unusual And Effective Features In Perovskite
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... until the 1930s that the problem was solved and the first transistor was made. Nowadays it is difficult to imagine any electronic device ...
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- Variable Speed Fan With Snap Circuits, Kano Computer
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... in robotics. You can safely use the Snap Circuits transistor with the Snap Circuits motor (M4) since there isn't much load on the ... 1 Snap Circuits Wind Fan # 6SC M4B 1 Snap Circuits NPN Transistor # 6SC Q2 1 Snap Circuits Slide Switch # 6SC S1 1 Snap Circuits ...
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- Half Of Americans Favor Higher Tax Increases To Fund Obama's Cancer 'Moonshot'
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Vice President Joe Biden's 'moonshot' initiative to defeat cancer - an outline which will be written by political staffers and delivered a month before the Obama administration leaves office - received support from 50 percent of Americans, according to ...
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- Biologically Powered Chip Built, Runs Using Cellular ATP
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... ion channels and pumps, which act as a kind of 'biological transistor.' They use charge in the form of ions to carry energy and ...
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- Self Replicating Robots - Safer For Galaxy (and Earth) Than Human Colonists - Is This Why ETs Didn't Colonize Earth?
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... nanoscale 3D printers as well. Once you can print out a transistor, even relatively crude in structure, you can in principle print out ...
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- Snap Circuits Science: Magnetic Stirrer
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... to add additional circuitry such as an H-bridge or TIP31 transistor. In the following diagram you’ll notice that you can vary the ...
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- Radio Chip For The Internet Of Things: New Transmitter Reduces Off-State Leakage 100X
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... explains. The basic element of a digital circuit is a transistor, in which two electrical leads are connected by a semiconducting ... are not particularly good conductors. But in a transistor, the semiconductor has a second wire sitting on top of it, which ... applied to the gate, some current still leaks across the transistor. It’s not much, but over time, it can make a big difference in the ...
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- DIY Spirit Lamp
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Second-hand stores like Goodwill, Salvation Army, and local mom&pop shops are treasure troves of things to hack or repurpose. When you hack something you’re probably using it in a way in which it was never intended to be used so, there is always a ris ...
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