The world's smallest radio
Berkeley scientists have created a radio that's 100 billion times smaller than AM/FM tuners of yore. Hear it play.
NEW YORK (Fortune Magazine) -- Nanotubes, sheets of carbon one atom thick rolled up into a cylinder 10,000 times thinner than a human hair, may someday replace silicon chips. What can they do now? Pick up FM and AM signals, as Berkeley scientists demonstrated with a radio 100 billion times smaller than the old RCAs.
Hear a nanoradio play Eric Clapton's "Layla" (courtesy of Zettl Research Group, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and the University of California at Berkeley). ![]()
-
Most books on Apple's CEO come in one of three genres: Hero, Creep or Creepy Genius. More -
Stars from Rachael Ray to Neil Patrick Harris reveal the apps they love to use. More -
Executives from Andy Grove to Bob Iger explain what makes Jobs one of the best business minds of our time. More -
Which young executives at public companies raked it in - and how much did they earn? More -
The folks on Fortune's 40 under 40 list may be rising stars, but they're not perfect. Here are the decisions they most regret in their careers. More -
Who cares if lower pay lures some of the finest away? It's not as if they were doing a good job to begin with. More

