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nanocomputer

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nanocomputer - /nan'oh-k*m-pyoo'tr/ A computer with molecular-sized switching elements. Designs for mechanical nanocomputers which use single-molecule sliding rods for their logic have been proposed. The controller for a nanobot would be a nanocomputer.


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In this biological nanocomputer, strands of DNA serve as software that control the activity of enzymes.
: The pocket-sized Flat Display Information Assistant unfolds to the size of a notebook computer, providing TV and internet images, text and visual communications via a high speed global area network maintained by a series of stratosphere-based blimps (11th & 12th graders- Naperville, IL) -- Body Clock Band: A nanocomputer imbedded in the wristwatch-like device would dispense sleep inducing or "stay awake" pharmaceuticals through the skin according to user-programmed sleep cycles.
These studies represent "dramatic steps toward the realization of electronic nanocomputers," say Greg Y.
 
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