{"id":138472,"date":"2015-09-14T08:54:42","date_gmt":"2015-09-14T06:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=138472"},"modified":"2015-09-14T08:56:23","modified_gmt":"2015-09-14T06:56:23","slug":"self-destructing-computer-chip-keeps-your-top-secret-data-safe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/hardware\/138472-self-destructing-computer-chip-keeps-your-top-secret-data-safe.html","title":{"rendered":"Self-destructing computer chip keeps your top-secret data safe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Xerox PARC engineers have developed a computer chip that explodes on command, as part of Darpa&#8217;s Vanishing Programmable Resources project.<\/p>\n<p>According to a report by <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2015\/09\/12\/self-destructing-computer-chip-darpa\/\" target=\"_blank\">Engadget<\/a><\/strong>, the chip is made from Gorilla Glass &#8211; instead of plastic and metal &#8211; and is &#8220;&#8221;ion-exchange tempered&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The glass chip shatters when triggered &#8211; which was done using a laser during a demonstration of the technology &#8211; allowing its contents to remain out of enemy hands.<\/p>\n<p>The self-destruction process can also be triggered by\u00a0radio signals or a physical switch.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/players.brightcove.net\/2522903525001\/dc337a52-1e47-463e-a94c-7bbb6f293329_default\/index.html?videoId=4476013476001\" width=\"630\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More on hardware<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/hardware\/138002-philips-curved-34-inch-monitor-in-south-africa.html\">Philips curved 34-inch monitor in South Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gaming\/137284-lenovo-unveils-new-high-end-gaming-laptops.html\">Lenovo unveils new high-end gaming laptops<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Engineers have developed a computer chip that can explode on command.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":138474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[36,32818],"class_list":["post-138472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hardware","tag-active","tag-self-destructing-chips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138472"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138472"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":138478,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138472\/revisions\/138478"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}