For what may possibly be my last ever blog post on this blog, I found an article that discusses the possibility of Ultra-efficient computers using Atomic scale manufacturing. That sentence alone is enough to grab anyone’s attention (It certainly got mine.) After reading the introduction, I discovered that this article is about saving the environment rather than just having really fast computers. However, that’s still great because something needs to be done about the environment and this could be it. The article states that today’s computers require enough power to release more than 1 gigatonne of carbon emissions per year. That is actually really bad.  ACS Nano has a solution though. They are making computers that store more data, and use less power. You would think that this wouldn’t be possible without some kind of trade off, but they figured it out.

The attained this by manipulating singular atoms in order to produce “ultra dense memory arrays” which can store way more data in a smaller space. They have ran into an issue where bottleneck is apparent, so they are still trying to find a way to make this process more efficient. In order to conduct this process, scientists must use a technique called hydrogen lithography. This is a process in which they remove certain hydrogen atoms from a silicon surface in order to write more data. They demonstrated this technique on a 24-bit memory array, and the result was a 1000 times faster fabrication of atomic computers. This means that “real world” manufacturing can begin. According to ACS, this method would consume 100 times less power, making it a huge step in the right direction towards a cleaner Earth.

It was a pleasure reading this article considering it was very short and it had a lot of interesting information on it. I didn’t expect so many chemistry topics to be involved, but I love chemistry so that is okay. This will probably be my last blog post ever, so to my readers, you have been a great audience. Thank you.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/11/191127090225.htm

From the blog CS@Worcester – My Life in Comp Sci by Tyler Rego and used with permission of the author. All other rights reserved by the author.

Hello dear readers. Welcome back to my next blog post. This time will be talking about enthusiasm in your new/current work place.

This chapter of the book  talks about how to feel and what to do about your enthusiasm at your work place, being that a new or current environment. I believe these advises would mostly apply to a new work environment as in an old environment you already know your coworkers and your boss. The author gives credits to people with enthusiasm and strongly supports them to unleash and keep the spirit up.

Getting into a new work environment it is indeed a bit hard, especially when that is your first job. When it comes to choosing a job, unfortunately you can’t really know what kind of team and people you are going to work on unless you have been recommended for that job. So being nervous is FINE. And I was crazy nervous in my interview and first week of my job.

I have heard a lot of stories about teams with employees who don’t accept suggestions or new ideas and especially when those are coming from a new employee and a recent graduated student. If you were to read their face, it would say only one thing: YOU DON’T KNOW. At that point it is time to move up and get to your manager and if you are still not heard I truly think is time to move on. But always keep your spirit and enthusiasm up because just because those people don’t accept new ideas doesn’t mean you are wrong.

Never hold back on ideas and always express them. A good team will listen to your idea and will take it in consideration and will explain why that might or not be a good idea. Nobody was experienced on their first jobs! Its true that these new team you are in might know more than you but you might know something they don’t and that’s a plus to the team productivity.

Keep in mind that nobody knows everything. Try to find the person who you think would listen and welcome your ideas. Also accept critics, its very important for your development.

From the blog CS@Worcester – Danja's Blog by danja9 and used with permission of the author. All other rights reserved by the author.