http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2921 examining transformative technology Wed, 03 Apr 2013 18:23:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2921#comment-882457 Leibson’s Law » Blog Archive » Graphene Nanomemory Stores Bits in 10nm Thu, 27 May 2010 20:32:35 +0000 http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2921#comment-882457 [...] commercial FETs (about 45 nm). You can get a little more info on the memory’s operating modes here. Essentially, 4V across the device will write a bit by putting the device into a conducting state [...] [...] commercial FETs (about 45 nm). You can get a little more info on the memory’s operating modes here. Essentially, 4V across the device will write a bit by putting the device into a conducting state [...]

]]> http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2921#comment-796796 Sat, 27 Dec 2008 01:59:15 +0000 http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2921#comment-796796 The non-technical implications of this development boggle the mind several times over. For one it will mean that computers as we know them will disappear if they are reduced to nanoscale devices. Combined with advances in artificial intelligence they will be able to do far more than they do today including warming our clothing in winter and counting the number of strokes when we brush our teeth, perhaps. The good that these devices will do will live after them. The bad that they can do however is frightening. Since these devices will not be seen to exist it will be possible to insert them in any and all places to keep track of not merely every moment of an individual's life but literally every movement. How long before thought processes are monitored 24x365? The non-technical implications of this development boggle the mind several times over. For one it will mean that computers as we know them will disappear if they are reduced to nanoscale devices. Combined with advances in artificial intelligence they will be able to do far more than they do today including warming our clothing in winter and counting the number of strokes when we brush our teeth, perhaps.
The good that these devices will do will live after them. The bad that they can do however is frightening. Since these devices will not be seen to exist it will be possible to insert them in any and all places to keep track of not merely every moment of an individual’s life but literally every movement. How long before thought processes are monitored 24×365?

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