Flexible Chips Do the NIST Twist

Electronic memory chips may soon gain the ability to bend and twist as a result of work by engineers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). More info at http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/techbeat/tb2009_0602.htm#memristor

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[usnistgov]

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[neodude112320]

This is Fantastic! What kind of capacity are you getting out of this chip?

[usnistgov]

This work is a proof of principle, and it only demonstrates information storage on the order of individual bits. The target applications for these devices are those that require a relatively small amount of memory (but physically flexible, inexpensive, lightweight memory), so the devices are relatively large-scale and are not optimized for use in dense memory arrays.

[d0peY12]

do you know how cheap these things will be and what their common civilian applications could be?

[usnistgov]

It is hard to estimate an exact cost; however, if the devices are eventually completely fabricated on a polymer sheet by a printer (similar to printing on an overhead transparency with an ink jet printer), the devices would be relatively inexpensive compared to traditional electronics fabricated on silicon substrates.

[usnistgov]

With significant developments in device reliability and consistency, the devices could have potential applications anywhere that lightweight, inexpensive, flexible memory is required. Possible example applications could include for use as memory in: wearable medical sensors, inexpensive sensors or tags on commercial products, security swipe cards, electronics to help enable flexible displays, or sensors that are integrated into infrastructure.

[ADiPump]

Wow this is impressive, chips are starting to turn into brains.

[az100eletronics12]

How do i buy this?

[faizlynn]

May I know hows the sol gel solution made?

[ToiletThunder1]

This is fantastic

[pyVlad]

...disregard my last comment, I hadn't watched to the part of the video that said it before I made said comment. But, I was right, so yay!

[pyVlad]

o.o... These are memristors, right? They made flexible memristors. That's awesome.

[Sammo2301]

lol very old

[Schnarf911]

Great video. There is a typo in the credits however. The word "permission" is spelled "PREMISSION."  Other than that small thing...great!