Building Circuits Using DNA (broadcast Friday, August 21st, 2009)

How do you build the smallest, fastest circuit? A group of scientists at IBM are looking to the structure of DNA for answers. Greg Wallraff, a research scientist at IBM Research-Almaden, explains how folded DNA fragments could be used to make circuitry in the future.

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Greg Wallraff
Research Scientist
IBM Research-Almaden
San Jose, California

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Segment produced by:Shelley DuBois

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