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Atomic Computing

A team of scientists at Princeton, the University of Illinois, and the University of Iowa has made semiconductors that manipulate individual metal atoms.

The age of quantum computing draws near.

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MaryJ:
That is a very interesting article. I am wondering if it will make the price of computers go up?

I do love living in this age of computer's and in the next five years, I can not even imagine what we will do with them. But that article was had me engrossed in it!
7.29.2006 11:10pm
Dean Esmay:
It would make them cheaper. They'll be able to do more and more with less and less.
7.29.2006 11:21pm
MaryJ:
That makes sense Dean. Thanks.
7.30.2006 2:28am
Nicholas V. (mail) (www):
So when do I get a mini nuclear reactor to power my computer already? :)

I don't want to think about how large the heat sink is going to be on that one...
7.30.2006 2:36am
Nicholas V. (mail) (www):
(sorry, in case it isn't obvious, I'm joking about the title of this post)
7.30.2006 2:36am