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Off Topic: Facilitated Communication and the Scientific Method
Saturday, January 14, 2012
New Year's (Lab) Resolutions
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Protein Based Memristors- and what is a memristor?
Thursday, September 29, 2011
What’s in a title? Engineer versus scientist.
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
IonTorrent- not a new way to pirate music
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Carbon, wholly carbon, and nothing but carbon.
Monday, August 1, 2011
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Nick Fahrenkopf
Albany, New York
In 1955 while addressing the National Academy of Sciences Richard Feynman stated "Scientific knowledge is a body of statements of varying degrees of certainty." As usual, Feynman's statement was spot on, and holds true decades later. In his famous "Plenty of Room at the Bottom" lecture Feynman talked about what we now call nanotechnology, and all the different applications. Here I am, half a century later, working "at the bottom" and living in a world of uncertainty. I hope to share some of the exciting discoveries at the nanoscale and explain how they apply to my passion of biotechnology- as well as the everyday world.
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Last by firsat on Oct 03, 2011, 12:12am
Scientists, at least folks like me working at the intersection of biology and technology, are really interested in memristors because they are a fully electronic component that act (broadly speaking) like neurons. That is, they have the capacity to “remember” based on the current that flows through them. So, just like you might develop muscle memory from touching a hot pan (and hopefully learn to pull your hand away fast) memristors can learn. What caught my eye recently was this article that touted protein based memristors. That is, an electronic component that can mimic biological circuits, using biological molecules. Woah.
So let’s back up. What is a memristor? The typical spiel is that memristors are the fourth fundamental circuit element besides the resistor, capacito . . . More
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Read and write are always good resolutions for a scientist. I have to agree with those. We have a couple papers that need to get out. I think my biggest resolution will be to focus more on my. . .Read More
I make 25,000 a year as a grad student at the University of Washington. I was used to working at crap jobs and making less than that per year, so its a joy getting paid to study what I love. It. . .Read More
I beg to differ with what you've displeyed. There is a great connecction between engineering/engineers and scientists. They can work together with the same motive and still achieve their dream. sci. . .Read More
Nice. This is a very useful post. It gives both the learning points and some solutions at the same time. Great work. . . .Read More