The single-atom transistor is almost here!

[Coito ergo sum]

Feb. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Scientists have taken a first early step toward escaping the limits of a technological principle called Moore's Law by creating a working transistor using a single phosphorus atom.

The atom was etched into a silicon bed with "gates" to control electrical flow and metallic contacts to apply voltage, researchers reported in the journal Nature Nanotechnology. It is the first such device to be precisely positioned using a repeatable technology, they said, and may one day help ease the way toward creation of a so-called quantum computer that would be significantly smaller and faster than existing technology.

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[Gawdzilla Sama]

Still waiting for a working flying car.

[Rum]

Only works at -391 degrees F.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Only works at -391 degrees F.

MiM will be thrilled.

[apophenia]

Sorry, I think I bought the last flying car. They went bankrupt because nobody believed their cars could fly, so nobody, except me and a few others, bought them.

They're great. You don't know what you're missing!