computer controlled by tiny brain-like unit!

    March 12th, 2008 | by Undertecher | Email This Post Email This Post


    We all know that the most powerful computer out there is the human brain. Scientists have created a very tiny brain size of a few molecules large that copies how the brain works! This is amazing. If we can apply this kind of technology to robots, maybe we could have artificial intelligence. Would this be a good thing? Picture a robot walking down the street and out of no where “hey there John, how’s work!”. Hopfully these mini brains are used for other things such as better controll over robots in space or maybe just a faster processing unit for cars? So far the device can simultaneously carry out 16 times more operations than a normal computer transistor. Researchers suggest the invention might eventually prove able to perform roughly 1,000 times more operations than a transistor. The device is made of a compound known as duroquinone. This molecule resembles a hexagonal plate with four cones linked to it, “like a small car,” explained researcher Anirban Bandyopadhyay, an artificial intelligence and molecular electronics scientist at the National Institute for Materials Science at Tsukuba in Japan.

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