Gecko Toes in CPUs?

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Looks like they’re finally putting sticky toes to good use in CPU architecture…

IT Week has the full story.

Although they don’t occur naturally, they have similar properties to setae, which are those tiny hairs on the feet of gecko lizards. Actually, the ends of setae split into many nanoscale fibres called spatulas, and these spatulas are so fine that they form molecular bonds with almost anything they touch. Those bonds allow geckos to climb walls and hang from a pane of glass.

…and that would be “gecko lizards,” as opposed to “gecko mammals?”

Posted on February 2nd 2006 in Places, Software

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