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Scientists build DNA based computer

Posted by chrisd on from the computer?-you're-soaking-in-it dept.

Archangel Michael writes "Israeli scientists have built a DNA computer so tiny that a trillion of them could fit in a test tube and perform a billion operations per second with 99.8 percent accuracy. Yahoo News has the story"

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  1. Imagine ... a beowulf cluster ... heheheh by SuperDuG · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    Had to say it, in bad taste of course

    Brings up the next question ... with a computer that tiny are you going to be required to use a magnifying glass in order to see the monitor ... and if you can use regular computer components ... will you have to have some kind of super small ps2 ports and what not? ...

    Can you power these with bacteria? ...

    hehehehee a square foot of these as a beowulf cluster ... and Does it run linux? :-)

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