Can iPods grow on trees?

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Description:	Technology doesn’t grow on trees… does it? In fact, biology makes its own versions of batteries, displays and processors, using very tiny nanoscale components. Could mimicking biology improve our own technology and eliminate pollution at the same time? Join nano-biophysicist Chris Forman and find out. - See more at: http://www.sciencefestival.cam.ac.uk/events/can-ipods-grow-trees#sthash.n6Mhnu1K.dpuf

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Technology doesn’t grow on trees… does it? In fact, biology makes its own versions of batteries, displays and processors, using very tiny nanoscale components. Could mimicking biology improve our own technology and eliminate pollution at the same time? Join nano-biophysicist Chris Forman and find out. - See more at: http://www.sciencefestival.cam.ac.uk/events/can-ipods-grow-trees#sthash.n6Mhnu1K.dpuf


Created:	2016-04-04 11:20
Collection:	Cambridge Science Festival 2016
Publisher:	University of Cambridge
Copyright:	University of Cambridge
Language:	eng (English)

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