The Birth of Spinplasmonics 34
Roland Piquepaille writes "You might have heard of spintronics, a technology that uses the magnetic quantum properties of the spin of electrons, or plasmonics, another one which 'involves the transfer of light electromagnetic energy into a tiny volume, thus creating intense electric fields.' Now, researchers at the University of Alberta (U of A) have merged these two nascent research fields to create a new nanotechnology field called spinplasmonics. According to the researchers, this new technology, which was already used to control the quantum state of an electron's spin to switch a beam of terahertz light, could one day be the basis for 'computers with extraordinary capacities.'"
Extraordinary capacities (Score:3, Funny)
It'll run Vista.
A New Technology .... (Score:4, Funny)
Just how extraordinary? (Score:4, Funny)
Computers today already have extraordinary capacities, at least compared to those of twenty years ago, which already had extraordinary capacities compared to those of forty years ago, and so on back to the first computer.
Let's have some numbers here, please. How much is that in Volkswagens or Libraries of Congress?
Re:Just how extraordinary? (Score:3, Funny)