It's the little things that lead to fundamental change.

A new type of electronic circuit element has come closer to fruition. This is great news from Science Daily.

Most will probably find this rather dull, but the "Memristor" could finally end those long boot up times for computers. You know the frustration of having to wait almost a minute to get to the web?

The new circuit element would join the resistor, capacitor, and inductor bringing the basic circuit elements to four (4).

This particular element would allow computers to operate faster and to be more human-like in their ability to remember information.