Circuit
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The dream of melding biological and man-made machinery is now a little more real with the announcement that Columbia Engineering researchers have successfully harnessed a chemical energy-producing biological process to power a solid state CMOS integrated circuit.
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A new polymer hydrogel reassembles itself when broken, and could lead to self-healing electronic circuits (which in turn could result in sturdier, more reliable flexible electronics) as well as longer-lasting rechargeable batteries. The gel also has potential applications in soft robotics.
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Led by Professor Magnus Berggren, scientists at Linköping University have used semiconductive polymers to create the key components of analog and digital electronic circuits inside a rose plant.
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A new chip design could lead to massively parallel, energy efficient computation that handles complex tasks like pattern recognition better and faster than ever before.
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Researchers at the University of Konstanz and the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) claim to have created a molecule-sized electrical switch and proven its operation for the very first time. This work may lead to other microscopic electronic components born from self-assembling molecules.
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The design and prototyping of printed electronic circuit boards has lagged behind the simple push-button approach used in 3D printing. To help remedy this, the Voltera V-One conductive ink printer promises to produce rapid, multi-layered boards simply and quickly, with the minimum of fuss.
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If a 3D printer puts the power of a CNC mill and a few other machines into the hands of even amateur makers, then BotFactory's Squink could essentially put the power of an entire factory into one small corner of a home office.
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The folks who successfully crowdfunded a DIY singing Tesla coil kit last year have taken to Kickstarter again to bring a smaller version into production. Like its older and bigger brother, the tinyTesla shoots out bolts of artificial lightning while playing MIDI music using the electricity itself.
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This week, Christie’s put one of the very first integrated circuits up for auction. Designed and constructed in 1958 by Texas Instruments, it's one of the three earliest "chips" ever made and went on the block with an estimated value of up to US$2 million.
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Chibitronics combines familiar adhesive stickers with bits of LEDs, sensor circuits, and even a programmable microcontroller, to create a playful set that educates while adding some flash to one’s works of art or otherwise mundane birthday cards.
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Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH Zurich) have created clear, flexible electronic circuitry that is so thin it can sit upon the surface of a contact lens, or be wrapped around a human hair.
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Created by Jennifer Lewis and Brett Walker, Circuit Scribe is a rollerball pen that can draw functioning circuits with silver ink. The research started at the University of Illinois and now the duo have launched a company called Electroninks to market the pen.
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