Scientists are developing a microprocessor that can fly, move in herds, promise not to use it for bad things

Northwestern University engineers are developing the world’s smallest flying microprocessor, promising not to use it for evil, but only for the environment.

Northwestern University engineers are developing a microprocessor design that works without the need for batteries, making it the smallest flying electronic device ever created. These processors have the function of storing data, scanning the surrounding environment and providing a wireless connection solution.

The way this microprocessor works is inspired by nature, or more specifically, the phenomenon of scattering the seeds of a samara (winged fruit) when free falling on a maple tree to the ground. Because these chips don’t use batteries, they won’t be equipped with propulsion systems or anything like that. Instead, the fact that these microchips can fly and maintain their state in the air is all thanks to the wind and physics.

According to engineer John A. Rogers, when dropping these microprocessors, the interaction between the air and the propellers mounted on the device will create a rotational motion that helps maintain a slow fall speed and device stability. The propeller design of the processor is simulated by computer to find the correct design, and the most optimal to ensure both factors are slow fall, and widely dispersed in the air. released in large numbers (in herds).

The way to create the first flying microprocessor was for engineers to create a 2D flat base. This will be the place to house all the necessary electronics (can change the electronics at will). These electronics will be encapsulated with ultra-miniature technology that includes sensors, power supplies, antennas for wireless communication, and an embedded memory for data storage. It was left to the engineers to transform them into 3D shape designs that could fly.

The applicability of these flying microprocessors is huge. They can be used in monitoring air pollution, controlling the spread of diseases in the air, automatic seed dispersal in the industrial field, monitoring animal life. wild, or even military, and so on.

The remaining problem that many people wonder is what will these flying microprocessors look like when they have landed on the ground? Will these microprocessors, after being stepped on by humans on the road, or falling into unrecoverable areas, will they become e-waste? To answer this question, Northwestern University engineers say that they have also had a number of studies on how these electronic devices are capable of self-destructing in nature after they have completed their purpose. original destination.

Source tomshardware compiled GVN360

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