Hardware
More to think about
- Why is silicon used to make chips?
What is it about semiconductors that has allowed for the manufacture of
integrated circuits? Are there other metals we can use?
- Why do computers need fans? What is generating the heat?
- Are there liquid cooled computers?
- Spilling liquid (oops! coffee!) on hardware can ruin it. Why?
What remedies should you attempt?
- Can power be transferred wirelessly, like data?
- How do RFID chips work if they don’t have a power supply?
- Is it possible to build a computer that doesn’t use electricity?
- How might a villain go about reading the data that is being sent along a cable
without having access to the port at either end?
- Since chips have no moving parts, they can’t wear out and must remain
functional forever. Right?