The next step in nanotechnology

Title:
The next step in nanotechnology
Speaker:
George Tulevski
Description:

Every year the silicon computer chip shrinks in size by half and doubles in power, enabling our devices to become more mobile and accessible. But what happens when our chips can't get any smaller? George Tulevski researches the unseen and untapped world of nanomaterials. His current work: developing chemical processes to compel billions of carbon nanotubes to assemble themselves into the patterns needed to build circuits, much the same way natural organisms build intricate, diverse and elegant structures. They may hold the secret to the next generation of computing.

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Video Language:
English
Team:
closed TED
Project:
TEDTalks
Duration:
09:35
Format: HTML5
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