All the scientific advancements aside, the truth remains that human brain is the elusive prize. Getting as close as possible to human brain is the driving force for sundry and all involved in the field of AI. In a very interesting development Japanese scientists have managed to create a machine, as small as a few molecules put together, that copy the working of a human brain. The amazing feat has been accomplished at the National Institute for Materials Science at Tsukuba in Japan. There, using a compound called duroquinone, the researchers have created a device that can simultaneously carry out 16 times more operations than a computer transistor. This device has potential applications in fields of computing, nano tech, factories, and so on. The key to the freakishly small size of the device lies in the incredible smallness of Duroquinone; the compound is way smaller than a wavelength of visible light. The machine is made of just 17 duroquinone molecules – one sitting neatly in the center of the ring of the remaining 16 molecules.
The machine’s inputs are electrical impulses from an extremely sharp conductive needle. Once a pulse is introduced, the machine works much the same as brain cells. The central duroquinone can simultaneously transmit different instructions to each of the surrounding 16 duroquinones. This property mathematically translates into nearly 4.3 billion outcomes each single time. Compare this to a transistor which can have only two outcomes – 0 or 1. There all’s put into perspective! Obviously the development has huge implications for researchers. Imagine having so much computing power in an invisible spec. Mind boggling doesn’t even come close to describing this.
Source: Xinhuanet
