Researchers in Korea have developed a bendable digital memory that can store data without constant power, which could aid the progress of wearable computers.
The memristor detects and remembers the amount of charge that has flowed through it, with the information being stored in terms of the devices resistance. The team from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) has developed the devices using amorphous titanium dioxide, with aluminium electrodes at the top and bottom. By running a current along two wires that cross the memristor, the researchers can read, write or erase information encoded in its resistive state, states the website of Physics World.
The flexibility of the device means it could be incorporated into fabrics, for use as a sensor device in healthcare.
Documents and links
-
Physics World report
Memristor memory could be used in wearable electronics
External Link
-
Subscribe to +Plastic Electronics magazine
Subscribe to +Plastic Electronics magazine, published six times a year, for just £100/€110/$160. Find out more here
External Link