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Researchers Debut DNA-Powered Computer

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the chess-and-checkers-versions-still-under-development dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Researchers at Columbia University and the University of New Mexico have built a DNA -powered computer that is unbeatable at Tic-Tac-Toe. Although it's much slower than a normal computer, the researchers say their proof-of-concept system could help them develop new techniques for sorting and analyzing viruses and DNA mutations."

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  1. Does tying = unbeatable? by Bryansix · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I thought most Tic-Tac-Toe games end in a tie.

    1. Re:Does tying = unbeatable? by dissy · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Yes

      If you tie, you wern't beaten.

  2. Re:Unbeatable at Tic Tac Toe? by Astarica · · Score: 5, Insightful

    That's exactly what unbeatable means - cannot be beaten. It does not mean it can beat you.

  3. Uhh... by IcyNeko · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Is it just me, or does the title seem.. misleading? Powered by DNA? It's not really feeding on people's genomes in order to meet its energy requirements. :[

  4. Re:Is this related to the other DNA announcement? by Otter · · Score: 2, Insightful

    That press release ("a DNA Pharmaceutical Tablet...an entirely new form of Data Codon") is pure gibberish. Between the incoherent language, the weird secrecy and the fact that this seems to be a one man operation, I'd strongly suspect Graemme Brown is a crank.

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