NANOSYSTEMS
The Technology Roadmap for Productive Nanosystems defines “productive nanosystems” as functional nanometer-scale systems that make atomically-specified structures and devices under programmatic control, ie they perform manufacturing to atomic precision. Present-day technologies are limited in various ways. Large atomically precise structures exist, in the form of crystals. Complex 3D structures exist in the form of polymers such as DNA and proteins. It is also possible to build very small atomically precise structures using scanning probe microscopy to manipulate individual atoms or small groups of atoms. But it is not yet possible to combine components in a systematic way to build larger, more complex systems. Principles of physics and examples from nature both suggest that it will be possible to extend atomically precise fabrication to more complex products of larger size, involving a wider range of materials. An example of progress in this direction would be Christian Schafmeister’s work on bis-peptides. (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
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Cognitive Computing: Neuroscience, Supercomputing, Nanotechnology (part 3 of 4)
The ultimate goal of the DARPA SyNAPSE project is to build brain-like cognitive computing chips that scale to human cortex by moving beyond the von Neumann architecture and become the brains behind IBM’s Smarter Planet vision. The project leverages nanotechnology, supercomputing, and neuroscience and is a collaboration of four universities (Cornell, Columbia, Wisconsin-Madison, and UC Merced) and five IBM sites (Almaden, Yorktown, EFK, BTV, and IRL). Dr. Dharmendra S. Modha is founding manager of the Cognitive Computing group at IBM’s Almaden Research Center. Currently, he is the Principal Investigator for DARPA SyNAPSE team of IBM Research – Almaden, IBM Research – Watson, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Cornell University, Columbia University, and University of California at Merced.
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Dr. John Joannopoulos — Nanotechnologies to Benefit the Soldier
Topical Panel: Nanotechnology and Biotechnology and Their Potential Applications – Dr. John Joannopoulos, Francis Wright Davis Professor of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Director of the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies – 26th Army Science Conference ASA(ALT) SAAL-ZT
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