Sayan’s BlogWorld

IBM has announced a chip morphing technology based on electromigration it says can allow a new class of semiconductor products that monitor and adjust their functions without human intervention. Called eFUSE, the technology is part of a built-in self-repair system that constantly monitors a chip�s functionality.

�eFUSE reroutes chip logic, much the way highway traffic patterns can be altered by opening and closing new lanes,� said Bernard Meyerson, VP and chief technologist in IBM’s systems and technology group.

The article mentions’ “…could have widespread use in analytical chemistry and possibly pharmaceutical research.” Another potential use is in microfluidic devices, “These devices could require only one drop of blood for a battery of 20 to 30 tests, with results provided in the time spent waiting to consult with the physician,”

Nature never fails to surpise us with its bizzare faces.

This is really fascinating insight into the cutting edge of nanotechnology research.

The article says, “Juggling two languages as a child can slow mental decline”. Like most Indians I am bilingual (in fact I am trilingual and I can roughly understand half-a-dozen more). Here it is quite common for a person to be proficient in 6-7 languages, understandable in a nation with 18 national languages, more than 800 documented languages and around 1500 dialects.

Climate and food supply fluctuations may hold major consequences for life in the abyss.

The article describes this discovery / invention as “…HUGE breakthrough in spintronics, which may very well become to the 21st Century what electronics was to the 20th Century. Now spintronics-based quantum computers of mindboggling computational power may very well be built in coming decades not with some exotic rare material, but instead from the silicon that’s found in ordinary beach sand - and with the use of commonplace electronics manufacturing techniques in which we are already adept. “

When it comes to waves you would always want to pitch for the Mexican variety rather than the 30ft monster ones.

A brief history of bank ATMs.

Phytoplankton may be small, but that doesn’t mean they can’t do big things — like change the weather to suit their needs.

The CO2 buildup in the oceans is beginning to take its toll on the ocean and the ecosystems it supports.

Truly remarkable innovations by an Afghan inventor.