Don't even get into quantums! Quantam mechanics, while incredibly interesting, is also incredibly scary. Imagine being able to break any crypto instantaneously. No crypto is unbreakable because quantam computers can be built to an infinity dimensions, giving it infinity power, being only limited by how large you want to go. Artificial Intelligence will rule the earth, humans will be used as fuel, and the world will come to an end.:-) Exciting, no?
Although I have not read the book, I can see the possibilites. The only caveat - when you have a computer the size of a grain of sand, you don't want to use it on the beach! We can't have computers that small because how can we work with them? Where do you attach a keyboard? We need big bulky machines we can lug around and use. The largest part is always the display and input/output devices - the printer, the monitor, the mouse, the keyboard. We need to look at new forms of input and output - and don't even mention speech. Who want's to only interact with their computer by talking??!!
They will need far less power than current computers and may be able to hold vast amounts of data permanently, doing away with the need to erase files, and perhaps also be immune to computer viruses, crashes and other glitches.
Does anyone else understand how this works? How are they immune to viruses and crashes? What operating system do they run? Can you not install any programs?
Anyway, this will be a boon for mobile and wearable computer users!
one word: www.xybernaut.com ok, maybe it's three words. you guys don't realize there is a whole community of hundreds of people out there working on this. check out http://wearables.blu.org
Sony's display (it's called the Glasstron, by the way) is not at all good for walking around. The transparent function is not that great, you can't see through that well, and it's hard to read the screen. If you don't want to pay $2600, just buy their cheaper NTSC version for about $800 and use a scan converter
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What is this, Bistro Math?
Don't even get into quantums! Quantam mechanics, while incredibly interesting, is also incredibly scary. Imagine being able to break any crypto instantaneously. No crypto is unbreakable because quantam computers can be built to an infinity dimensions, giving it infinity power, being only limited by how large you want to go. Artificial Intelligence will rule the earth, humans will be used as fuel, and the world will come to an end. :-) Exciting, no?
It's called an ansible, and it's described in the science fiction of Orson Scott Card ( Ender's Game) Pretty exciting, and even theoretical!
Wow, a computer implanted in my eye! cool! Maybe I can use my fingernails for storage, and then delete things by getting out the clippers.
Well, there certainly would be privacy inherant in this system!
With all of this power, I'm going to abandon my body and upload my mind to a computer and live forever in the ether. Who's with me?
Although I have not read the book, I can see the possibilites. The only caveat - when you have a computer the size of a grain of sand, you don't want to use it on the beach! We can't have computers that small because how can we work with them? Where do you attach a keyboard? We need big bulky machines we can lug around and use. The largest part is always the display and input/output devices - the printer, the monitor, the mouse, the keyboard. We need to look at new forms of input and output - and don't even mention speech. Who want's to only interact with their computer by talking??!!
They will need far less power than current computers and may be able to hold vast amounts of data permanently, doing away with the need to erase files, and perhaps also be immune to computer viruses, crashes and other glitches.
Does anyone else understand how this works? How are they immune to viruses and crashes? What operating system do they run? Can you not install any programs?
Anyway, this will be a boon for mobile and wearable computer users!
one word: www.xybernaut.com
ok, maybe it's three words. you guys don't realize there is a whole community of hundreds of people out there working on this. check out http://wearables.blu.org
Sony's display (it's called the Glasstron, by the way) is not at all good for walking around. The transparent function is not that great, you can't see through that well, and it's hard to read the screen. If you don't want to pay $2600, just buy their cheaper NTSC version for about $800 and use a scan converter