A grain of rice is gigantic when compared to world’s smallest computer

A grain of rice is gigantic when compared to world's smallest computer

American scientists… no, seriously, bear with me. A group of engineers from the University of Michigan have created a 0.3mm computer that can measure temperature. Well, ”computer” is probably too big of a word, pun totally intended – this device has no long term memory and loses all of its data upon losing power. Fact is a fact, though – we have a complete, working electronic device that is a dozen times smaller than a grain of rice.

This device will be used to measure temperature in extremely little objects, e.g. a group of cells inside a body. It might prove useful in research of illness such as cancer or glaucoma, in measuring temperatures inside oil barrels and, above all else, in researching snails.

Cool.

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