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New Transistor Bridges Human-Machine Gap
Stephanie Pappas
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LiveScience.com Stephanie Pappas
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livescience.com – 42 mins ago

Humans and machines could be one step closer to merging thanks to a new transistor controlled by the molecule that powers biological cells.

The nano-sized device could be used in medical devices or prosthetics wired directly into the human body.

"Our devices make a bridge between the biological world and the electronic world," said Aleksandr Noy, who developed the transistor along with colleagues at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories in California. "In effect, we made a biological protein talk directly with a nanoelectronic circuit."

Livermore gets its funding mostly from the Feds:

Laboratory Sponsors. As a national security laboratory, Livermore’s funding largely comes from the NNSA Office of Defense Programs for nuclear weapons stockpile stewardship activities. Support for national security and homeland security work also comes from the NNSA Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, the Department of Homeland Security, various Department of Defense sponsors, and other federal agencies.

Livermore also applies its special capabilities to meet other important national needs. Activities sponsored by non-NNSA elements of DOE include work for the Office of Environmental Management as well as research and development projects for the Office of Science and many other DOE program offices. Non-DOE sponsors include federal agencies such as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, National Institutes of Health, and the Environmental Protection Agency, as well as State of California agencies and industry.