This is the worlds smallest computer. So small that a Grain of rice looks gigantic.
The University of Michigan has created a 0.3mm temperature sensing "computer".It is so small that even a grain of rice looks like a big rock for this. The computer can be used for monitoring oil reservoirs and biochemical process.
This tiny computer is just 1/10th the size of IBM's former record -setter and so sensitive that its transmission LED could induce currents in its circuits
You may ask what type of computer is this. It has a processor, but unlike a full-sized computer, it loses all data when it loses power.
Size limitations forced researchers to re-imagine ways to reduce the effects of light on the device. They swapped diodes to switched capacitors and had to fight the relative increase in electrical noise that comes from running on a device that uses so little power
The result of their experiments is a sensor that measures changes in extremely small regions, such as a group of cells in a body. That could lead to knowing what causes the growth of a tumor, reducing the risk of cancer and diagnosing glaucoma from inside the eye.
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