Via KurzweilAI — This post is a two–fer on nanotech and carbon nanotubes.
From the “two” link:
Using Nanotubes in Computer Chips
PhysOrg.com, Sep. 10, 2009
A simple enough manufacturing process developed by MITresearchers could enable carbon nanotubes to replace the vertical wires in chips, permitting denser packing ofcircuits.
And from the “fer” link:
Capsules for Self-Healing Circuits
Technology Review, Sept. 11, 2009
Nanotube-filled capsules could restore conductivity to damaged electronics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign researchers have found.
David Kirkpatrick 