AZoNano sent one of its intrepid reporters down to the ICONN 2008 conference in Melbourne Australia held between February 25 to 29 to get the low down on what is happening in nanotechnology. He spoke to a range of people from industry, government and non-government bodies. Here’s what one of them had to say when asked about their involvement and the state of play in the world of nano.
IBM are well known for their computers and information technology solutions. However, to stay head of the game, they are involved with cutting edge research including nanotechnology and are responsible for the invention of the scanning tunnelling microscope (STM) and atomic force microscope (AFM) which have been key enabling tools for the nanotechnology revolution we are currently experiencing.
In this interview we speak to Don Eigler, an IBM Fellow working out of the IBM Almaden Research Center about his work on atomic manipulation, quantum computing and other nanotechnological developments that IBM have been looking at to yield computer chips with performances and efficiencies well beyond anything available today. He also elaborates on a world first development, that has just been achieved by IBM relating to atom manipulation.
We talk to Don Eigler about past and present research work being carried out by IBM that we are likely to see infiltrate computing, information technology and our daily lives
Duration -10:40 min | File size - 9.8 Mb | File type - mp3
