The process of getting into and out of a clean room is elaborate, time-consuming and presumably prone to error. This could be circumvented by using VR-interfaced remote control androids, meaning that access would only be necessary if a repair were needed to the actual androids which could not be effected by others. Same applies to operating theatres.

Go on, tell me it's baked in a similar form.

PS: Sorry this is in "other:general" - i'll move it when i get the chance.
-- nineteenthly, Jan 03 2013

Did somebody say "fractal chips"? http://i923.photobu...all_zps174d3f57.jpg
Microfluidic Sierpinski gasket [MaxwellBuchanan, Jan 03 2013]

no such thing as //remote controlled androids// capable of work at that level of detail.
-- FlyingToaster, Jan 03 2013


By remarkable coincidence, I have just come out of our cleanroom. However, it is probably not what most people call a cleanroom - we use it for microfluidics (basically the same processes as for semiconductors), and the set-up is very simple but effective.

That said, cleanliness is much more important for making large and complex chips, and changing in and out is indeed a tedious business.

I am pretty sure, though, that serious chip manufacturers have already automated as much as possible of the process, both for cleanliness and for efficiency/consistency.
-- MaxwellBuchanan, Jan 03 2013


//cleanliness is much more important for making large and complex chips// It's true. When making the superior Mandelbrot chip, which is infinitely more flavourful than the traditional oblong variety, fresh oil and a clean cooking vessel are essential. Week old lard tends to clog the convolutions and stick to the teeth. It's just a matter of fracticality.
-- xenzag, Jan 03 2013


Fractal chips? Would munch.
-- calum, Jan 03 2013


Whereas i'm sure there aren't, if there were the idea would be other than halfbaked.
-- nineteenthly, Jan 03 2013


meh. the least you could do is make them animatronic rabbits.
-- FlyingToaster, Jan 03 2013


//By remarkable coincidence, I have just come out of our cleanroom// - doesn't Maxwell Towers have a clean wing?
-- hippo, Jan 03 2013


//doesn't Maxwell Towers have a clean wing?//

All the wings are clean, thanks mainly to the continued efforts of Mrs Clepsydra and her staff. However, I was referring to the Buchanan Laboratory which, for reasons of safety, is located well away from the main house.
-- MaxwellBuchanan, Jan 03 2013


//Fractal chips? Would munch.//

Today is clearly a day of coincidences. I am the proud fabricator of the world's first and only Sierpinski gasket microfluidic chip (link).

Utterly useless but it was fun.
-- MaxwellBuchanan, Jan 03 2013



random, halfbakery