Overhype? Synapse Circuit Using Carbon Nanotubes

Friday, April 22, 2011 - 00:00 in Physics & Chemistry

There's a news story replicating on the web right now about a "Functioning Synapse Created Using Carbon Nanotubes," for instance here and here.  However, it's not quite as good as it sounds (yet) because it's just a SPICE (simulation) circuit. Both of those example news stories include this partially relevant image with the caption "This image shows nanotubes used in synthetic synapse and apparatus used to create them." read more

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