The authors had observed this phenomenon on many occasions prior, when installing pc components, frequently, when the power was applied, a small puff of blue smoke would arise from one of the chips on the card being installed. They had not made the correlation between the appearance of blue smoke and the death of the chips. But in a burst of insight, D. Akiens postulated that perhaps the smoke was significant. B. Dowtin added that perhaps the smoke was not from a burnout as they suspected, but was pre-existant in the chip. Aikens, further postulated that if that was the case then it must be the true and most fundamental mechanism at work in electronics.
This has fathered the whole science of blue smoke technology. And the sincere efforts to reveal the truth about electronics. Why would science lie? Why not admit that its blue smoke and not gates? It is obvious that they think the public would not understand and would be far less impressed by smoke than by gates and switches.
It is believed that in each chip is a complex machine through wich this Blue Smoke runs, and the key to most circuits is keeping the smoke inside the chip, which explains why chips are sealed in ceramic or epoxy. Even EEPROMS with a 'window' only expose a fraction of the area of the chip. The remainder is beleived to house the blue smoke technology.
This theory is substantiated by any electroinic/computer - if ever a compenent dies or is zapped. Smell - the tell-tale odor of the blue smoke will always be present. If your are fortunate enough to work directly with electroic hardware, you may witness the escaping of the blue smoke firsthand.
There are years of research left to be done in this area and the authors have devoted considerable amounts of time (and money) to studying the mechanism of the blue smoke and its implications.
If you would like to contribute to this research plese send your Blue Smoke observations to dowtin@ncat.edu or if you have hardware or grants to devote to the research, please email the above address for mailing instructions. [an error occurred while processing this directive]