A steel bar pivots. A spring stretches. Then, with a small shove, the whole setup flips into a new state and stays there until the next push. “We typically think of memory as something in a computer ...
It has no wires, no silicon chips, and needs zero electricity. Yet, it computes. Researchers from St. Olaf College and Syracuse University have built a functioning computer using only rigid steel bars ...
A steel bar pivots. A spring stretches. Then, with a small shove, the whole setup flips into a new state and stays there until the next push. That simple motion sits at the heart of a mechanical ...