Researchers show how to make ‘computer’ out of liquid crystals (IMAGE)

University of Chicago

Researchers show how to make ‘computer’ out of liquid crystals

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Researchers with the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering laid out how liquid crystals could be used to perform computations using techniques such as the one illustrated above, where the redder region is activated by light.

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Rui Zhang/University Of Chicago

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