Working Transistor From a Single Atom

[C1]

Physicists Create a Working Transistor From a Single Atom
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/20/s...rking-transistor-from-a-single-atom.html?_r=1

Also in January, scientists at I.B.M.’s Almaden Research Center used similar techniques to store and retrieve digital 1’s and 0’s from an array of just 12 atoms in an advance that demonstrated the fundamental limits of the magnetic storage of digital information.

 

[Sunny129]

fascinating to say the least...

 

[wirednuts]

dammit! so the smallest hard drive we will ever get is just microscopic size? how will i ever build my next htpc?

 

[polarmystery]

dammit! so the smallest hard drive we will ever get is just microscopic size? how will i ever build my next htpc?

When we start using quarks as transistors, you might be able to!