Sunday, January 09, 2005

Tin Whiskers: The Next Y2K Problem?

Fortune did a great article on 'Tin Whiskers' which are thin metal wiskers which grow out of tin, and cause short circuits in electronic devices. . It might sound hard to believe but its true (according to the article).

There is also an interesting web page from NASA that covers the subject as well. There are some great pictures so you can see what happens.

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