Nano-tech advancement in light based computers
Researchers at Penn State's BioNEMS group have built a plasmonic switch. Combined with optical transistors to make tiny optical circuits , these researchers are on the way to building the worlds first optical computers.
"Plasmonic circuits are a hybrid of electronics and photonics,'' he stated. ''They can transmit electrons and light at the same time."
Researchers readily aknowledge the difficult questions ahead, while also noting the important achievment.
Nanotech Insight Conference — 2009!
from their site @ http://www.nanoinsight.sabrycorp.com/conf/nanoinsight/09/
The Nanotech Insight conference is a novel meeting on the scientific, technological and social aspects of nanometre scale systems. After its first two successful meetings in Egypt (2007,2005) Nanotech Insight is now moving along the Mediterranean Sea to Barcelona, a region where nanoscience is having an increasing importance in the scientific community, which will hopefully translate into a positive impact on industry.
The conference is being held 29 March - 2 April 2009, in Barcelona, Spain.