UM: Technology

A post on Gizmodo picks up a New Scientist report about microprocessors that run on air, designed by UM’s Minsoung Rhee and Mark Burns: “Instead of electric impulses or spasers, the processor uses pneumatic valves, which are operated by changing the air pressure in a tiny chamber below each air channel. The binary signals are transmitted with air: Sucking means 0, blowing means 1. Poetry, this is what this thing is. Pure poetry in action.” [Source]