*Next-Gen Computing updates.

-Going Beyond Moore’s Law by Using the Third Dimension. Physorg: Scientists have demonstrated a new microwire fabrication technique in which microwires self-assemble themselves in a three-dimensional template made of nematic liquid crystals. Amidst concerns about Moore’s law eventually approaching a limit in two dimensions, the new fabrication method could enable researchers to continue to increase [...]

*Technocrat News: 2009 In Review.

During my derelict’ion this year we’ve had plenty of remarkable Technocrat / Transhumanist happenings. So with this entry lets get up to speed on noteworthy items from 2009. The mad scientists have been very busy, and their news items of IIF context almost seemed to increase each month as time progressed. ************************* Technology predictions for [...]

-IBM Joins in Pentagon Quest for Fake Cat Brains.

Danger Room: IBM is that latest company to join in the Pentagon’s quest to make electronics that mimic the “function, size, and power consumption” of a cat’s brain. “For intelligent machines to be useful, they must compete with biological systems,” notes a recent presentation from Darpa, the Pentagon’s way-out research division. But “compared to biological [...]

-Computer circuit built from brain cells.

New Scientist: For all its sophistication and power, your brain is built from unreliable components – one neuron can successfully provoke a signal in another only 40% of the time. This lack of efficiency frustrates neuroengineers trying to build networks of brain cells to interface with electronics or repair damaged nervous systems. Our brains combine [...]

-New advance in nanoelectronic large-scale manufacture.

Nano Werk: For nanoelectronics applications like single-electron devices to become practical, everyday items, they need to move from the highly individual and customized fabrication process typically found in laboratories to an automated, high-throughput and industrial-scale production environment. The reason this hasn’t happened yet is that the various nanoscale pattern definition techniques used today – such [...]