I apologize for not checking the Speculist email box more often, but 3/4th of the Speculist email starts out:

Dearest One:

You may be surprised by my writing....

Actually, after thousands of these emails my level of surprise has diminished somewhat. Apparently there are a lot of very wealthy Nigerians that think that "Speculist" is English for "Bank." But I digress.

Wading through the spam I found this letter from Florian Widder:

Hi Phil and Stephen,

just read a blog post on a big German blog I frequent (this post is in English though, so check it out if you like) that talked about a team at UC Berkely having created the first fully functional radio from a single carbon nanotube.

The second link above goes to the Berkeley Labs website and explains the whole project in greater detail - makes for a fascinating read and it is an incredibly exciting showcase of what we can do in our ever-expanding quest use the laws of nature for our purposes..

I know, I know a radio may not seem all that exciting with everyone in futurist and pro-technology circles talking about AIs, self-replicating nanobots etc... but personally, I find this insanely exciting. Just reading about the long-term possibilities is exhiliarating:

Just one quote to deomonstrate what I mean:

“The entire radio would easily fit inside a living cell, and this small size allows it to safely interact with biological systems,” Zettl said. “One can envision interfaces with brain or muscle functions, or radio-controlled devices moving through the bloodstream.”

Need I say more?

No you don't.

Phil and I were also impressed. We spoke about this in our October 21 FastForward Radio podcast.

-Linkathon.

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