Engineers at Xerox PARC have designed a prototype chip capable of self-destructing, it is named DUST, or Disintegration Upon Stress-Release Trigger. The potential applications of the chip could include remote sensing or battlefield communications kit, and of course drones. The chip could be used to monitor wide areas during natural disasters as reported on the announcement. The research on a self-destruction chip was funded by the US Darpa, which invested $2M as reported by Xeros PARC.”]
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