# Can you build a complex electrical device, without metal?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-build-a-complex-electrical-device-without-metal/698469>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 14, 2014, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-build-a-complex-electrical-device-without-metal/698469 "2014-09-14T11:29:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2014, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-build-a-complex-electrical-device-without-metal/698469/21 "2014-09-15T20:17:45Z")

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A metal-free computer? Some sort of …organic device that can…think?

You’re asking me to believe in thinking meat!

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**Author:** ![eltro102](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@eltro102](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eltro102)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2014, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-build-a-complex-electrical-device-without-metal/698469/22 "2014-09-15T21:08:39Z")

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graphene?

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**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2014, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-build-a-complex-electrical-device-without-metal/698469/23 "2014-09-15T21:20:02Z")

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> [@eltro102](#):
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> graphene?

Super conducting graphene Bucky nano-tubes. There’s nothing they can’t do.

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