Thursday, December 4, 2008

Right here, right now

After watching that video, I think I can find a very direct chemistry note: Silicon, a semiconductor, is the single most important factor in creating the world we live in today.

computers are why we can send information at the speed of light, break down the human genome, and, most impressively, be present where we're not. Think about the concept for a second- somebody with a computer can see, hear, and talk to a room in India, or China, or their neighbor's basement. If we were looking at this from a pre-semiconductor mindset, three quarters of Americans are gods!

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