Since I reviewed [Prey](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0061015725/qid=1069459724/sr=2-2/ref=sr_2_2/103-4214996-7358225) a few [days ago](http://thecoredump.org/2003/11/review-prey/), this is [topical](http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994406). Looks like a team of scientist have hit paydirt: “A functional electronic nano-device has been manufactured using biological self-assembly for the first time.”