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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Researchers craft all-electric spintronics, vie for guest spot on Mindfreak]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/researchers-craft-all-electric-spintronics-vie-for-guest-spot-o/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/researchers-craft-all-electric-spintronics-vie-for-guest-spot-o/</guid><description><![CDATA[He looks like a yellow shirt from Star Trek...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 4th 2009 11:11PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Researchers craft all-electric spintronics, vie for guest spot on Mindfreak]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/researchers-craft-all-electric-spintronics-vie-for-guest-spot-o/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/researchers-craft-all-electric-spintronics-vie-for-guest-spot-o/</guid><description><![CDATA[I thought it WAS a yellow shirt from Star Trek when I looked at it quickly.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Teerim]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 4th 2009 11:21PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Researchers craft all-electric spintronics, vie for guest spot on Mindfreak]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/researchers-craft-all-electric-spintronics-vie-for-guest-spot-o/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/researchers-craft-all-electric-spintronics-vie-for-guest-spot-o/</guid><description><![CDATA[Hmmmm, I think I'll skip Win7 and Snow Leopard and just wait until this is used in computers]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cuervo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 4th 2009 11:12PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Researchers craft all-electric spintronics, vie for guest spot on Mindfreak]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/researchers-craft-all-electric-spintronics-vie-for-guest-spot-o/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/researchers-craft-all-electric-spintronics-vie-for-guest-spot-o/</guid><description><![CDATA[What an amazing advancement we've made. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 4th 2009 11:17PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Researchers craft all-electric spintronics, vie for guest spot on Mindfreak]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/researchers-craft-all-electric-spintronics-vie-for-guest-spot-o/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/researchers-craft-all-electric-spintronics-vie-for-guest-spot-o/</guid><description><![CDATA[That's my college!  For the win!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[jol]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 4th 2009 11:18PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Researchers craft all-electric spintronics, vie for guest spot on Mindfreak]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/researchers-craft-all-electric-spintronics-vie-for-guest-spot-o/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/researchers-craft-all-electric-spintronics-vie-for-guest-spot-o/</guid><description><![CDATA[Uh, using QPCs as spin valves isn't anything new. Maybe they figured out a way to choose the polarization, but putting a polarized spin current into a 2DEG channel has been done before.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[george]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 4th 2009 11:20PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Researchers craft all-electric spintronics, vie for guest spot on Mindfreak]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/researchers-craft-all-electric-spintronics-vie-for-guest-spot-o/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/researchers-craft-all-electric-spintronics-vie-for-guest-spot-o/</guid><description><![CDATA[Yeah, that's what I thought, too...  No I didn't. I didn't really understand one bit of what you said.<br><br>Could you paraphrase, and perhaps illustrate with some xkcd-like drawings? Seriously? This stuff is FM technology (the 'M' is for 'magic', you fill in the rest...)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[guywithdogs]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 4th 2009 11:58PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Researchers craft all-electric spintronics, vie for guest spot on Mindfreak]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/researchers-craft-all-electric-spintronics-vie-for-guest-spot-o/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/researchers-craft-all-electric-spintronics-vie-for-guest-spot-o/</guid><description><![CDATA[I'm guessing they used a magnetic field to do this.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[alex]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 4th 2009 11:20PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Researchers craft all-electric spintronics, vie for guest spot on Mindfreak]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/researchers-craft-all-electric-spintronics-vie-for-guest-spot-o/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/researchers-craft-all-electric-spintronics-vie-for-guest-spot-o/</guid><description><![CDATA[Manipulating an electron's charge is so last year.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Xtrmi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 4th 2009 11:33PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Researchers craft all-electric spintronics, vie for guest spot on Mindfreak]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/researchers-craft-all-electric-spintronics-vie-for-guest-spot-o/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/researchers-craft-all-electric-spintronics-vie-for-guest-spot-o/</guid><description><![CDATA[Um, electron charge is a fundamental physical constant.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[ED]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 4th 2009 11:52PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Researchers craft all-electric spintronics, vie for guest spot on Mindfreak]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/researchers-craft-all-electric-spintronics-vie-for-guest-spot-o/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/researchers-craft-all-electric-spintronics-vie-for-guest-spot-o/</guid><description><![CDATA[No you can so change it  all you need to do is catch an electron and slap it real hard with a magnetic monopole and that will manipulate the charge. It is really easy just try it and you will see what I am saying.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Xtrmi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 5th 2009 12:09AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Researchers craft all-electric spintronics, vie for guest spot on Mindfreak]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/researchers-craft-all-electric-spintronics-vie-for-guest-spot-o/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/researchers-craft-all-electric-spintronics-vie-for-guest-spot-o/</guid><description><![CDATA[Fundamental law... Nerd burn. Nice!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bruce Banner]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 5th 2009 12:12AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Researchers craft all-electric spintronics, vie for guest spot on Mindfreak]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/researchers-craft-all-electric-spintronics-vie-for-guest-spot-o/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/researchers-craft-all-electric-spintronics-vie-for-guest-spot-o/</guid><description><![CDATA[I think you mean manipulating its spin...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[lostmotel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 5th 2009 4:23AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Researchers craft all-electric spintronics, vie for guest spot on Mindfreak]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/researchers-craft-all-electric-spintronics-vie-for-guest-spot-o/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/researchers-craft-all-electric-spintronics-vie-for-guest-spot-o/</guid><description><![CDATA[Here I will help you see what I am saying because reading troubles you "transistors that function by controlling an electron's spin instead of its charge" ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Xtrmi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 5th 2009 5:45PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Researchers craft all-electric spintronics, vie for guest spot on Mindfreak]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/researchers-craft-all-electric-spintronics-vie-for-guest-spot-o/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/researchers-craft-all-electric-spintronics-vie-for-guest-spot-o/</guid><description><![CDATA[spintronics, as seen first on FOX news.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[reddsharkk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 4th 2009 11:56PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Researchers craft all-electric spintronics, vie for guest spot on Mindfreak]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/researchers-craft-all-electric-spintronics-vie-for-guest-spot-o/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/researchers-craft-all-electric-spintronics-vie-for-guest-spot-o/</guid><description><![CDATA[Electron spin, election spin, what's the difference?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jamie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 5th 2009 3:21AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Researchers craft all-electric spintronics, vie for guest spot on Mindfreak]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/researchers-craft-all-electric-spintronics-vie-for-guest-spot-o/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/researchers-craft-all-electric-spintronics-vie-for-guest-spot-o/</guid><description><![CDATA[Personally, I like the potential increase in code efficiency that could come from trinary instead of binary. If you use the electron spin to determine the bit value, then you can have top spin=0, bottom spin=1, and neutral spin=2. Unfortunately, neutral is extremely difficult to maintain.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[dBs]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 5th 2009 12:06AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Researchers craft all-electric spintronics, vie for guest spot on Mindfreak]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/researchers-craft-all-electric-spintronics-vie-for-guest-spot-o/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/researchers-craft-all-electric-spintronics-vie-for-guest-spot-o/</guid><description><![CDATA[Actually, that won't work, because the electron is a spin 1/2 particle. That means it can be spin up (+1/2) or spin down (-1/2) only...no neutral at all. It's not just difficult to maintain, the laws of physics tell us that it's impossible.<br><br>Now, if these were photons, you'd be right...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Magnesium]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 5th 2009 1:01AM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
