microelectronic arms

Chinese translation: 微电子臂

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English term or phrase:	microelectronic arms
Chinese translation:	微电子臂
Entered by:	clearwater

04:43 Apr 10, 2007

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Tech/Engineering - IT (Information Technology) / bacteria-based storage system

English term or phrase: microelectronic arms

Sarid and Jabbour believe that nanotech organic films will be the data storage medium of the near future, using millions of microelectronic arms (also known as MEMS probes) to read and write data in clusters of molecules on the film.
有“微电子臂”这种说法吗？

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微电子臂

Explanation:
I think it's acceptable. A vivid use of "arm" (臂) to indicate read and write activities, as flexible as human arms to extend and withdraw freely.

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微电子臂

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微电子臂

Explanation:
I think it's acceptable. A vivid use of "arm" (臂) to indicate read and write activities, as flexible as human arms to extend and withdraw freely.

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microelectronic probes
微电子探针

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