There's been a huge recent upsurge in the number of "wonderful new computers" (just look at the groundbreaking stuff mentioned on slashdot... quantum computer, DNA computer, etc etc)
But exactly how are we going to be able to use this technology in the future? This is nothing but vaporware, a first step towards something that isn't a sure thing. Scientists may be able to encode and store data on DNA strands, but how are they going to do anything meaningful with them?
Until researchers find some way to *quickly* read and write from these DNA computers, don't expect any new stuff to change our lives dramatically.
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There's been a huge recent upsurge in the number of "wonderful new computers" (just look at the groundbreaking stuff mentioned on slashdot... quantum computer, DNA computer, etc etc)
But exactly how are we going to be able to use this technology in the future? This is nothing but vaporware, a first step towards something that isn't a sure thing. Scientists may be able to encode and store data on DNA strands, but how are they going to do anything meaningful with them?
Until researchers find some way to *quickly* read and write from these DNA computers, don't expect any new stuff to change our lives dramatically.
Hmm... I think now instead of kids saying "the dog ate my homework" they can claim "the virus ate my hard-drive".