X-Message-Number: 14734 References: <> Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 09:34:55 +0100 From: "Joseph Kehoe" <> Subject: buckyball transistor developed and others!! More good links from slashdot. C-60 Buckyball transistor! link from slashdot article at: http://enews.lbl.gov/Science-Articles/Archive/backyball-transistor.html The first transistors to be fashioned from a single "buckyball" -- a molecule of carbon-60 -- have been reported by scientists with the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the University of California at Berkeley.' It won't take so much time and we will able to buy our Nanocomputers! What would happen if we can store all the information of internet in a sugar cube, in 2010?" As interesting as the buckyball/gold combination is the machine used to make them: "The gold electrodes used in this study were fabricated on Berkeley Lab's 'Nanowriter,' an ultra-high resolution lithography machine that can generate an electron beam at energies up to 100,000 volts with a diameter of only five nanometers." http://www.cm.ksc.co.th/~bruns/open_mnt.htm Article on open source Nanotechnology Abstract: The prominent role of software in nanotechnology research and development suggests that open source development methods might offer advantages in improving reliability, performance and accessibility. Open source approaches have shown new opportunities for voluntary cooperation to create and improve complex software. Suitable software licenses could be used to promote access, compatibility and s haring of improvements. Many companies currently associated with nanotechnology produce materials, equipment, and research and development services, all of which could support open source business models; however no company yet emphasizes an open source strategy. Some molecular modeling software is already open source or public domain. Software for molecular engineering constitutes an important opportunity for open sourcing, especially if systems architectures encouraging collaboration can be further developed. Analysis suggests that the net impact of open sourcing would be to enhance safety. Initiatives for open sourcing of molecular nanotechnology could be strengthened by coalition building, and appropriate strategies for open source licensing of copyrights and patents. http://news.bbc.co.uk/low/english/sci/tech/newsid_978000/978774.stm Ancient bacteria trapped in a state of suspended animation for 250 million years are the world's oldest living things, claim US scientists. Joseph. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=14734