[NetBehaviour] Antique engines inspire nano chip.

[marc garrett]

Hi Patrick,

 >Wonder if his manufactuere are anything like Joseph Clement... ;)

What I find personally inspiring regarding Joseph Clement is that he 
came from a poor background and was not educated, yet a brilliant 
draughtsman in designing amazing tools, for people like Babbage and the 
difference engine. Although, he did create his own musican organ as well 
and enjoyed playing his analogue sounds regularly :-)

marc

 had such a big influence that was creative and imagiinative
> 200 years is stecthing the 1830's a little...
> And there was a working study made that Babage demonstated at his many 
> soirees.
>
> Wonder if his manufactuere are anything like Joseph Clement... ;)
>
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>> Antique engines inspire nano chip.
>>
>> The blueprint for a tiny, ultra-robust mechanical computer has been 
>> outlined by US researchers. The energy-efficient nano computer is 
>> inspired by ideas about computing first put forward nearly 200 years ago.
>>
>> Writing in the New Journal of Physics, the scientists say the machine 
>> would be built from nanometre-sized components, just billionths of a 
>> metre across.
>>
>> Chips based on the design could be used in places, such as car engines, 
>> where silicon can be too delicate, they said.
>>
>> "What we are proposing is a new type of computing architecture that is 
>> only based on nano-mechanical elements," said Professor Robert Blick of 
>> the University of Wisconsin-Madison and one of the authors of the 
>> journal paper.
>>
>> more...
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6912023.stm
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