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"Discovery Files" Features from the National Science Foundation
"See-Through Circuit"
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CLEAR GENIUS. THE "DISCOVERY FILES": NEW ADVANCES IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, FROM THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION. I'D LIKE TO SHOW YOU ONE OF THE MOST-INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGICAL BREAKTHROUGHS OF ALL TIME--BUT YOU'D SEE RIGHT THROUGH IT: IT'S THE WORLD'S FIRST COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT INTEGRATED CIRCUIT. DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS? WE WILL NOW HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE A COMPUTER SCREEN THAT IS ITS OWN PROCESSOR--OR PLACE G-P-S DISPLAYS DIRECTLY INTO A WINDSHIELD. THE POSSIBLE APPLICATIONS ARE SO NUMEROUS THAT EVEN MEMBERS OF THE TEAM FROM OREGON STATE THAT WORKED ON IT CAN'T FULLY PREDICT THEIR SCOPE. THE OTHER STORY HERE IS THAT THE LEAD RESEARCHER, RICK PRESLEY, IS A 27-YEAR-OLD MASTER'S-DEGREE STUDENT WHO WAS INSPIRED BY HIS HIGH-SCHOOL ELECTRONICS TEACHER WHILE GROWING UP ON HIS PARENTS' FARM. ALTHOUGH HE COULDN'T AFFORD GRAD SCHOOL, HIS INGENUITY GOT HIM IN WITH A RESEARCH ASSISTANTSHIP. YEARS FROM NOW, THE TRANSPARENT INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WILL CLEARLY BE A BIG PART OF OUR LIVES--THANKS TO A SMALL-TOWN FARM BOY WHO JUST LIKED TO SEE HOW THINGS WORK. THE "DISCOVERY FILES" COVERS PROJECTS FUNDED BY THE GOVERNMENT'S NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION: FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH BROUGHT TO YOU BY YOU! LEARN MORE AT "N-S-F"-DOT-GOV.
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