I searched this group first and did not see that anyone has reported this yet, but it produced (expecting 2014) could link us even more than we are now.

I saw this commercial a few months ago and was fascinated that this was possible. I was also concerned where they show a person walking into a store and the store sensors recognized them. This seems to be going a little too far for me. I know its long but enjoy. Lee

IBM has been shipping computers for more than 65 years, and it is finally on the verge of creating a true electronic brain. Big Blue is announcing today that it, along with four universities and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), have created the basic design of an experimental computer chip that emulates the way the brain processes information. IBM's so-called cognitive computing chips could one day simulate and emulate the brain's ability to sense, perceive, interact and recognize - all tasks that humans can currently do much better than computers can. Read more at http://venturebeat.com/2011/08/17/ibm-cognitive-computing-chips/#ARGgedJd4BxtJ1Vo.99

Bias stress effects in organic thin-film transistors were investigated. A donor-acceptor type liquid-crystalline semiconducting copolymer, poly(didodecylquaterthiophene-alt-didodecylbithiazole), PQTBTz-C12, was used as the active channel material. This substance contains both electron-donating quaterthiophene and electron-accepting 5,5'-bithiazole units. The threshold voltage (VT) shifts induced by direct current (DC) bias stress were studied under different gate-source and drain-source voltages. By fitting ΔVT versus stress time in compliance with a stretched exponential relationship, characteristic charge trapping time constants (τ) and dispersion parameters (β) for the VT shifts were determined for each stress condition. The time constants decrease with increasing gate-drain voltages. It was also observed that the VT shift due to charge trapping can be recovered by releasing the device from bias stress for several hours. The recovery rate from DC OFF bias stress is slightly slower than the recovery from DC ON bias stress. Such a difference can be attributed to the different charge releasing time from the deep trap states for holes and electrons. The immediate compensation of opposite charges by applying an alternating current (AC) bias stress provides spontaneous charge detrapping at each cycle and thus results in relatively moderate total VT shifts compared to those under DC bias only

I came across this article when researching for another class. I know at least one person has chosen RFID for their paper and thought this may help. An individual had RFID tags placed in his hands and operates many aspects of his life throught this technology.

For decades, the transistor has been the building block of electronic devices, from computers to smartphones. It has seen little change, but a team of researchers at IBM has given the transistor a major makeover, and it may enable the company to build computers that function more like the way the human brain works.