Researchers have made great progress in recent years in the design and creation of biological circuits — systems that,
like electronic circuits, can take a number of different inputs and deliver a particular kind of output.
Not exact matches
This is a little bit
like how the
circuits in your
electronic toys work, we call them
circuit boards.
Modern
electronic technologies
like smart phones and computers are mainly based on
circuits that use solid state components, with fixed metallic tracks and semiconducting devices.
But researchers dream of being able to create truly elastic
electronic components — soft
circuit systems that can act more
like live cells, moving around autonomously and communicating with each other to form new
circuits rather than being stuck in one configuration.
Transient
electronic circuit dissolving on a leaf; image courtesy of Beckman Institute / University of Illinois Imagine an
electronic medical implant that,
like dissolvable stitches, could disintegrate after it is no longer needed.
«Traditional electronics,
like the printed
circuit boards in tablets and other
electronic devices, are rigid.
Here, «classical»
electronic components
like circuits and transistors are implemented on scales of less than 100 nanometers.
In the project, called GridWise, everyday appliances
like washers and dryers were equipped with small
electronic circuit boards and installed in more than 200 homes in Washington and Oregon.
By using a unique play dough,
electronic circuits can be made without fiddly tools
like a soldering iron or a breadboard.
The study, featured on the cover of Advanced
Electronic Materials, shows that a single crystal complex oxide material, when confined to micro - and nanoscales, can act
like a multi-component electrical
circuit.
These include
electronic - skin coatings that can detect blood oxygen levels, contact lenses made from metal - oxide thin films that can detect glucose levels in tears and flexible integrated sensor arrays based on plastic and silicon integrated
circuits that can detect molecules
like glucose in sweat.
A strategy for assembly of
electronic systems — especially the flexible structures needed for high - performance devices of the future — uses integrated
circuits as Lego -
like building blocks.
The light sensors are connected to an electrical
circuit, or collection of
electronic components that serve a specific purpose, and acts
like the robot's «brain.»
How about replacing copper wiring with «wafer - thin» printed
electronic circuits,
like those used currently in curved TVs?
It really just looks
like the insides of any other
electronic device — tons of little
circuits and doo - dads waiting to be...
Therefore, the extended input device does not need to include an electric component such as an
electronic circuit or the
like that transmits the result of the detection of the input or the operation made by the user to the main body apparatus.»
«It feels
like there's been a big push over the past 10 years into bridging the gap between sound installations and the world of
electronic music,» says Hawtin, highlighting festivals such as Montreal's Mutek or Barcelona's Sonar, which have more in common with the art world than the rave
circuit, as well as recording artists such as Germany's Carsten Nicolai, who rose out the European techno scene, but is now more commonly heard in a gallery setting.
The sensor looked
like an ice - sheet version of
electronic Legos and
circuits.
It wasn't an unreasonable hypothesis, but with more than 15 year experience in all kinds of
electronic circuit simulations and model development, the use of a model to «confirm» the theory left me thinking about how in model development, you model how you think something works, and it has no obligation to actually work
like you think.
For example, I believe that almost all
electronic circuits these days are tested with computer models
like this one before fabrication.
Types of code included
electronic simulation, changing graphical data formats, creating files of electrical characteristics, and combining files of information about many electrical
circuits into design kits (kind of
like a databook customized for each customer).
The operating system will not
like this but the integrated
circuits and
electronic hardware will be less likely to short
circuit.
Working as a security consultant with the responsibility of handling all the duties of this position: mainly responsible for providing support to the company in preventing crimes and fire, responsible for providing hardware
like - fire alarm system,
electronic burglar, close -
circuit television / camera, and so on, responsible for monitoring all these
electronic systems, providing support and help regarding these systems, conducting weekly security survey in the company