Good Vibrations For Computations

Image credit: Stefan Kontur| ://bit.ly/1PtZ2IGRights information: ://bit.ly/cEcCkh Electronic computers, like the one you're using to read this story, are a fantastically successful technology, having grown in just 70 years into a bedrock of the global economy. But within the next decade, experts say computer and personal electronics designers will start to reach the physical limits of how small and fast such devices can get. Some physicists are now trying to put a new spin on the technology, by...