When it comes to computers humans have an insatiable need for speed
with our current designs we are starting to approach some fundamental limits on how fast they can get
Well what if there is a different kind of computer
one that ran faster use less energy
and all the while cut back on pollution from electronic waste
well that's all science no fiction।
it's probably one of the weird thing you will see in a science lab
specially in a lab making computer parts।
It's just
process
honey
it's off the shelf a little cute so we can put it in photos Zoe T and T
this honey
is key
because it is cheap and it is easily accessible to everyone।
It also has natural chemical properties that make it a promising foundation
for a new kind of environmental friendly computer component
being developed in the Pacific north west।
Electronics in general produce so much toxic waste।
Like it really is a devastating amount of electronic waste that occurs।
The world produces about fifty million tons of electronic waste per year।
Only twenty percent is recycled meaning the other eighty percent ends up in landfills।
Using honey instead of materials like silicon and computers
would make recycling easier and less toxic
because honey breaks down in water।
I would love to see this become
a
stepping stone to having electronically clean
waste
and actually getting organic materials out into your phone into commercial use।
The computer part the team is building is something relatively new in the world of electronics।
it's called a memor।
Mror is a portmanteau of the words memory and resistor
both essential for computers।
Honey has the chemical characteristics needed to make memoristers work।
So they have a big
molecule chains
in the material
and we need those molecule chains
in order for us to make our devices।The team also focused on honey because it's stable and doesn't spoil
and unlike traditional computer materials
producing it actually benefits the environment।
we are going to
drop honey on it।
Templin uses a centrifuge to spin the honey into a thin even layer।
It's thinner thinner hair।
She will make the memorister by sandwiching the honey between two metal electrodes
you have metal
insulator metal।
The memristers combination of memory and electricity resistance is unique in electronics।
but there is another place where this combo is quite common
in our brain।
Our brains are full of nerve cells called neurons and when we learn our neurons create connections between each other।
the points where the neurons connect are synapses
when we hear a new piece of information a small bridge is built across the synapse
the bridge is our memory
the more we hear the information repeated the more robust that memory bridge becomes।
Our neurons and synapse
they process
data and they store data at the same time
this dual purpose is a huge deal and helps make our brains the most efficient computers on the planet।
A team memorister works the same way
it builds bridges through the honey when exposed to certain level of electricity
that's the data processing
when the electricity stops flowing the bridge remains intact
that's the memory।
If you reverse the flow of electricity the memory is wipe clean।
We are building systems of memory that are as efficient as
how the brain stores memory।
So we need to basically
to write
into the memory
then after that we
the test will show whether the honey base memorister is able to learn and store memory like
I think you need to move
the
little bit।
no contact।
there you go।
they will be able to track the honey memrers performance through read out on the computer।
The power up the probes
and the graph shows the bridge forming through the honey।
So now the
is written in the memory then what we need is to erase the।
They reverse the flow of electricity।
They want to burn the bridge।
The bridge breaks down।
beautiful
proofs honey device is a memory।
So if you have a computer component that mimics a brain cell,
could you put a bunch of them together and get a computer that mimics a brain,
the answer
is yes।
right now our device
simulate single neuron single synapse
but
we want to integrate those devices together
and then this will
behave more like our our brain।
This is the idea behind neuromorphic computing
a new revolution in computer design।
this is a building block like this is a synapse from my brain so by combining millions of device like this,
then I can build a neuromor chip which can actually do the computation that super computer can do but within hundred times faster and using thousand time less energy।
Pretty much every computer we use is based on a design that's eighty years old।
The Neumann architecture।
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In this design the part of the computer that process information is separate from the part that stores it।
This conventional computing systems consumes tremendous amount of energy
they require time
so they are slower।
Neuromorphic computers solve this bottleneck in part
by having the processor and storage all in one place।
I want my research to provide
a solution।
That is what the team is doing
By developing a biodegradable computer component made of honey।
for a computer system that's more energy efficient than any we have ever seen।
The team is taking computers into a faster
and cleaner new age।
I am actually extremely fortunate to have been raised and grown up in the Pacific Northwest that cares about the environment
to this level where I can do research
that could truly help the environment in a way that
really hasn't been explored before।
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We don't need a super computer to figure out that all science no fiction wouldn't be possible without the support of OPB members।Thanks।
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