Self-reparing multi-core processors!

So now you've heard a lot about small tech with these flexible batteries and microprocessors, and even 1 cubic millimeter processors. But wouldn't these tiny processor chips be fragile? Well, now a research team at CRISP (Cutting ege Reconfigurable ICs for Stream Processing) is putting together a self-reparing multi-core processor! How this works is rather complicated, but certainly expect to see tech get thinner and thinner.

Flexible battery is produced, will bendable screens become common in 2 years?

My prediction is that bendable screens will become common in 2 years or less from now. Why? First off, as you know, IMEC made a flexible microprocessor (see post "Bendable Screens and Nerd Fashion right around the corner!"). Second, a flexible battery has been made that actually has better performance than stiff batteries! This flexible battery was made by researchers at Korea Advanced Institue of Science and Techhnology (KAIST).

A computer with a size of 1 cubic millimeter is released, going to be used in your eye!

As you've certainly realized after watching Apple's 1984 commercial, tech is getting smaller and smaller. (Do people still carry 60-pound computers like laptops?) Many people are wondering just how small tech will get. Well, a computer just one cubic millimeter in size was produced. This computer will be put in your eye. It will use its pressure sensor, memory, microprocessor, battery, wireless radio and solar cell (Yes, that all fit into 1 cubic millimeter!) to record the progress of glaucoma patients, and then send the information to a doctor.

Bendable Screens and Nerd Fashion right around the corner!

We've been dreaming about "computationally-inclined" clothing and flexible screens for a very long time now. IMEC has undoubtedly taken us a step closer to those dreams by creating a cheap, flexible microprocessor. Unfortunately, they're rather slow at 6 instructions per second, but, nevertheless, here we come, nerd fashion and bendable screens!