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World's smallest microcontroller looks like I could easily accidentally inhale it but packs a genuine 32-bit Arm CPU (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] Flagstaff@programming.dev 16 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Nanobots of 90's sci-fi, here we finally come!

[–] Dayroom7485@lemmy.world 6 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

I want those fuckers powering little submarines that fight cancer cells right now - but realistically speaking, these microcontrollers would need to be at least one order two order of magnitude smaller for that, no?

[–] Flagstaff@programming.dev 1 points 1 hour ago

Oh, absolutely. I just mean that we appear to be headed in that direction.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Just reprogram viruses (like the microbe) instead. It's easier.