NextBigFuture

Molecular mechanical computer design 100 billion times more energy efficient than best conventional computer

Ralph Merkle, Robert Freitas and others have a theoretical design for a molecular mechanical computer that would be 100 billion times more energy efficient than the most energy efficient conventional ...
Digital Trends

Why mechanical keyboards aren’t just for geeks anymore

There was a time when virtually all keyboards relied on hefty mechanical switches rather than the flimsy rubber domes that lurk beneath most modern alternatives. Massive, spring-driven monstrosities ...
NextBigFuture

Molecular mechanical computing design 2000 times more energy computation efficient than the upper bound estimate for the human brain

Up until now computer designs that have been theoretically known have been less energy efficient than the human brain. We could project supercomputers that could reach an exaFLOP and perhaps a ...
Semiconductor Engineering

There Is Plenty Of Room At The Top: Imagining Miniaturized Electro-Mechanical Switches In Low-Power Computing Applications

The first computers were built using electro-mechanical components, unlike today’s modern electronic systems. Alan Turing’s cryptanalysis multiplier and Konrad Zuse’s Z2 were invented and built in the ...
ExtremeTech

How to Choose the Best Mechanical Keyboard in 2021

Mechanical keyboards have never been cheaper or better, and it's an upgrade you'll benefit from greatly. But... which board should you get? And what's all this about switches? Share on Facebook (opens ...
Hackaday

mechanical computer

Today, if you want to teach kids the art of counting to one, you’re going to drag out a computer or an iPad. Install Scratch. Break out an Arduino, or something. This is high technology to solve the ...