Honey might become a crucial feature to build brain-like computer chips

As the global chip shortage has been on the agenda for years, worries about it got even worse. On top of it, Russia's invasion of Ukraine has had a negative influence on the situation as well. Well, it seems there is. Engineers from Washington State University (WSU) have demonstrated that honey could be used to produce eco-friendly and brain-like computer chips, according to a study published in the Journal of Physics D. Inspired by human synapses, researchers processed honey into a solid form and jammed it between two metal electrodes to produce a structured design dubbed'memristor.' Honey memristors are able to mimic human neurons and switch on and off very quickly while maintaining information. "Honey does not spoil," said Feng Zhao, associate professor of WSU's School of Engineering and Computer Science and corresponding author of the study.