Editor's Blog
March 15, 2010
Endgadget reports that a team centered in Spain at Instituto de Microelectrónica de Barcelona has succeeded in inserting nanoscale "3µm chips into living cells." As of now, the chips don’t do anything. Nanowerk meanwhile reports that "the main applications of future intracellular chips will be the study of individual cells as well as early detection of diseases and new cellular repair mechanisms."
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Nanoscale 3µm chips?
Yes, 3µm chips… tasty and low in calories. Look it up…
Inserting µm chips into a living cell seems like an achievement but you have to wonder what can a µm chip do?
Is there enough space on a chip so small to carry a set of instructions to do anything, never mind what additional space / functionality is required for the chip to then impact on its environment.
Is this just an intellectual exercise, my chips are smaller than yours – or will anything come of this?