Memristors combine memory, logics set in one device

More exciting than this: they've figure out how to use a separate layer of memristors grown on top of conventional silicon logic as a reconfigurable routing layer for FPGAs. This can improve their density, power consumption, and speed.<p><a href="http://nextbigfuture.com/2010/04/memristor-cmos-hybrid-using-fpga-like.html" rel="nofollow">http://nextbigfuture.com/2010/04/memristor-cmos-hybrid-using...</a>

Pretty cool but it seems this isn't new research (there are many references online older than April for memristors and NAND gates).<p>Can anyone who has access to the actual article explain in a little more layman terms how the ciruit works? I get we have 3 memristors (one of which is always false) and 1 resistor but I don't know enough electronics to understand how they come together and produce a NAND gate that also maintains state.

This is a tech that was built a long time ago and still hasn't found a use. Also, my boss thinks they're the next computer revolution. This is a man who believes that the asteroid Apophis will probably hit the earth in 2036 and that the Sun is part of a binary system with another star within the Oort cloud. So, I'm pretty sure Memristors are not going anywhere.