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q and Partners Taking Computing Out of This World
University of Queensland researchers have partnered with global technology leader Lockheed Martin to develop a new approach to computer technology, with the potential for future commercial impacts in the aerospace industry.
Credit: UQ News
Researchers at the University of Queensland (UQ) in Australia are developing next-generation computers for aerospace applications in partnership with Lockheed Martin.
The researchers say they want to develop a new approach to computer technology, with the potential for future commercial impacts in the aerospace industry.
"In contrast to today's computers, which rely on electric currents, this new approach will use mechanical vibrations inside the computer chip to perform computations," which makes it much more robust to radiation exposure in near-earth orbit and deep space applications, says UQ professor Warwick Bowen.
The project is built upon UQ's expertise in nanotechnology and nanoengineering. For example, UQ recently made a multimillion dollar investment in nanofabrication tools that can build devices with features only a few tens of atoms in size.
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