A2Z Challenge - Day 8 - Honey

Scientists in the US say honey, the sweet, viscous food substance, can be used to make a type of computer chip that will work very much like the human brain.

(Chip in a computer is a small material that plays a crucial part in the processing of electronic signals / instructions.)

Engineers in Washington State University have found that using honey they can make something called 'memristor', which will process as well as store information. The honey memristor is as small as a human hair.

A network of hundreds of thousands of these small memristors can work like human neurons.

(Neurons or nerve cells are what transmits different commands in our human body. They can also store information. That is why it's said our brain is like a computer or vice versa.)

The scientists are planning to make these in nanoscale, that is 1/1000th of a human hair. And pack billions of them into what is called neuromorphic system.

A neuromorphic system is a network of electronic circuits that mimics the human neurological system. 

Scientists are excited about honey because of some of its properties like its low moisture content which means bacteria won't thrive on it, and of course, its biodegradable nature, which holds the prospect of bringing down the quantity of electronic waste. 

Source: Euronews Next, Digital Trends

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This post is part of the blogging challenge in April every year, wherein bloggers put up one post a day, from A to Z, every day except Sundays. 

I'm participating in #BlogchatterA2Z. I am also on A2Z April Challenge.

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