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IBM’s futuristic approach to building microchips will include human DNA, a paper published in a journal revealed. Artificial DNA nanostructures or DNA Origami provides a cheaper framework to develop tiny chips than what the current technology is capable of.

Spike Narayan, researcher manager at IBM says the technology will need a lot of “experimentation and testing” to be used at full-scale. However, once it reaches that stage, manufacturers can save millions of dollars by investing in polymers, DNA solutions rather than investing hundreds of millions in complex tools.

[Via Reuters]