DNA ‘origami’
The 3Yen loves covering Japanese origami including Robo-origami. Nano-origami, and Electric origami scooter, but this ”DNA origami” just sounds so cool.

IBM Scientists Use DNA Scaffolding To Build Tiny Circuit Boards
–Nanotechnology advancement could lead to smaller, faster, more energy efficient computer chips–
IBM Press room San Jose, CA – 17 Aug 2009—
…could be a major breakthrough in enabling the semiconductor industry to pack more power and speed into tiny computer chips, while making them more energy efficient and less expensive to manufacture.
IBM researchers… have made an advancement in combining lithographic patterning with self assembly — a method to arrange DNA origami structures on surfaces compatible with today’s semiconductor manufacturing equipment….more…


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