Physicists in Japan have (kind of) built a Maxwell's daemon ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxwell's_demon ) that (kind of) converts information into energy
http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/44385
This does not violate the second law of thermodynamics as far more energy is used in the supporting apporatus than is gained in the experiment.
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Thursday, February 10, 2011
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Sub micrometer tapered hexagonal pillars of indium-gallium arsenide for on silicon lasers!
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20096-first-lasers-grown-directly-on-silicon-chips.html
Programable molecular motor seen to travel 100nm wide DNA base pair track using atomic force microscopy at about 0.1 nm/s!!
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110206132857.htm
Richard Feynman nanoprocessor idea becoming a reality thanks to Harvard University and MITRE Corp
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110209131824.htm
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20096-first-lasers-grown-directly-on-silicon-chips.html
Programable molecular motor seen to travel 100nm wide DNA base pair track using atomic force microscopy at about 0.1 nm/s!!
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110206132857.htm
Richard Feynman nanoprocessor idea becoming a reality thanks to Harvard University and MITRE Corp
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110209131824.htm
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