Re: boy, i am just hearing something interesting on NPR.

msg wrote:

robert bristow-johnson wrote:

a carbon nano-tube radio. this radio is as big as a chunk of DNA and
they tuned in the Beach Boys (Good Vibrations) and Eric Clapton
(Layla) with it. has a antenna, resonant tuner, and demodulator. all
in one molecule. i think it was some physics prof at Berkeley.

but it's very noisy.

r b-j


A quick read with some specifics is here:

http://www.physorg.com/printnews.php?newsid=113058512

Regards,

Michael
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