Archive for August, 2004
The key chip in the iPod is designed by a company called PortalPlayer. Because these guys are filing to go public, they have had to post some interesting risks and opportunities in their prospectus. Their current chipsets can handle other functions that have not yet been integrated into iPod functionality. But we have heard from [...]
I like it. Very funny. This post of Hugh’s is definitely worth reading and he obviously struck a big nerve given the number of comments he received after his post. Here is a sample of Hugh’s business card sized artwork:
Another article on nano-bio convergence applications is here.
Palo-Alto based Cambrios, Inc. is developing new methods for using biological material to create inorganic metallic semiconductors and nano-wires. Just more evidence of the coming NBIC (Nano, Bio, Info, Cognitive) convergence.