A complex logic circuit made from bacterial genes
Friday, October 12, 2012 - 16:30
in Physics & Chemistry
(Phys.org)—By force of habit we tend to assume computers are made of silicon, but there is actually no necessary connection between the machine and the material. All that an engineer needs to do to make a computer is to find a way to build logic gates—the elementary building blocks of digital computers—in whatever material is handy.