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The smallest radio ever made

July 7th 2008 07:46
Carbon nanotube radio
Is there anything that carbon nanotubes can't do? It doesn't seem like it, with the announcement from Berkeley that a fully functional radio has been made with carbon nanotubes at less than 1 micrometers long.


I mean, that's just some crazy news. Why would you ever need a radio that small? Well, it's useful, perhaps, for someone that's been smallified by a mad scientist. Then they'd still be able to listen to "Layla" by Derek and the Dominoes.



The Berkeley site also has a wave file of "Layla". Why would you pick that song? One of the researchers must be flexing his classic rock muscles. Someone suggests throwing on M.I.A. or CSS, but they interject.

"No - let's get the Led out - with Led Zeppelin!"

"What, that old man music? Get outta here, gramps!"

"Ok, ok, we'll compromise. We'll play Eric Clapton. You kids know about Clapton, right?"


Mouths agape. Total ignorance across the eyes. The post-doc, who has been there far too long, pulls out his remaining hair and goes on a rampage, drinking more coffee and eating the last donut.





*Courtesy Zettl Research Group, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California at Berkeley.
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