gold, and copper because of their useful conductive properties. Of course, the monetary value of gold provides an incentive to minimize its use, but the chemical properties of gold remain so useful that manufacturers continue to use gold in chips and sometimes in internal computer wiring and swit...
RAMis the easiest hardware to install when you’re building a PC. Locate the memory slots on the motherboard. Hold your memory modules on the side to avoid touching the gold pins. If your memory doesn’t have a heat spreader, also avoid touching the chips on the module. Align the notche...
Photo: A 30GB (gigabyte) hard drive from an old laptop computer. The rows of gold pins on the left side are the IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) connector, which is how the drive plugs into the motherboard of a computer. Newer hard drives use a different kind of connection, SATA (...
mining gets its name from the work required to “find” (mine) a new block. Much like miners in the analog world have to expend energy to find gold, coal, or lithium, Bitcoin mining requires miners to expend energy to find a new block. Each new block is a container for new transactio...
KI-JUNG If we want to extract her, we’ll need to do some prep work. KI-WOO That’s right. We need a plan. Chung-Sook, Ki-Woo, and Ki-Jung are sitting at the corner table. We notice the tacky Pizza Time logo everywhere. 32 The Pizza Shop Owner (from Scene 4) begrudgi...
Because the modules are computers, you might not be surprised to learn that they’re where the biggest changes have taken place. With the power of modern computer chips, modules can now process very complex signals. The result is that the most advanced modules will take inputs from dozens of...
T. Heroult, working independently, devised a method to extract aluminum from aluminum oxide. The process, a type of electrolytic reduction, required an enormous amount of electrical power, but it produced the metallic form in large quantities. By 1891, production of aluminum had reached well...
NASA and other space agencies have announced plans to send people to the Red Planet. But such a manned mission is years away. In the United States, some volunteers are learning how people will react to months of separation from other humans on a Mars base. What would it be like to live...
Once cells are established in traditional monolayer cultures, they can then be seeded on/into Matrigel scaffolds, or specialised chips to generate 3D cell models. Created with BioRender.com Full size image 2 Isolation and selection of cell types for use in renal studies Historically, the gold ...
The week after the launch, Xbox owners got an early Christmas present from MIT student Andrew “bunnie” Huang who published his exploits into tinkering with the console. He detailed how to extract the TSOP flash chip from the motherboard along with insights into the contents within. Huang had...