Transistors are one of the major building blocks of modern electronic devices. They allow us to regulate current in electronics which makes most of what we do regarding tech, including PC gaming possible. As tech moves forward we see these little miracles get even smaller, with large fabrication facilities already prepping for newer, tinier transistor manufacturing. But it turns out making transistors smaller and made out of silicon isn't the only way, we could also be making them much larger and out of wood.
Tom's Hardware reports researchers at Linköping University in Norrköping, and the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, have managed to develop an early version of a wood electrochemical transistor (WECT) that appears to be the first of its kind ever logged. Though these wood chips are quite different to the silicon ones we're used to reporting on here.
