Showing posts with label nano. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nano. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Bioelectronics: nanotransístor is connected to the DNA molecule


The only electronic component not directly 

detected the connection,
 but also amplified the charge of 
individual biomolecules. [Photo: Columbia University]

Electronics and biology
Joining electronics and biology is, perhaps more than an old dream, a promising possibility.
Of neural sensors and the construction of prostheses controlled by thought, even dreams of fancy radical transhumanist, have long talks in humans enhanced by technology.