Researchers Create Logic Circuits From DNA 94
separsons writes "Researchers at Duke University recently used DNA to craft tiny chips used in computers and electronic circuits. By mixing DNA snippets with other molecules and exposing them to light, researchers created self-assembling, DNA-based logic circuits. Once perfected the tech could serve as an endlessly abundant, cheap alternative to silicon semiconductors. Chris Dwyer, lead researcher on the project, says that one grad student using DNA to make self-assembling circuits could produce more logic circuits in one day than the global silicon chip industry can create in an entire month!"
Mass production would be simple... (Score:3, Informative)
Short Circuit Movies (Score:3, Informative)
> I understand this joke often gets +5 Funny, even though I don't know what it refers to. So here I go:
> No disassemble Johnny 5!
It's from a 1986 movie, Short Circuit. (There was also a sequel). Fun old family movie about an experimental robot developing a personality. In the second one, there are also bank robbers.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091949/ [imdb.com]
DNA developing into a robot is the other way round, of course.
Re:Mass production would be simple... (Score:2, Informative)