[I was tempted to join this fascinating techno-big-dick contest, then
realized I have *absolutely* nothing to brag about. Working for a bank
has its drawbacks. Instead I will post these incredibly interesting
(at least to me) bits. Give me 20 years and my DNA will kick some
serious ass!]
Full story at
http://chronicle.com/data/articles.dir/art-44.dir/issue-14.dir/14a02301.htm
DNA-Based Computers Could Race Past
Supercomputers, Researchers Predict
Scholars study variations on technology that replaces
silicon chips with molecule strands
By VINCENT KIERNAN
MADISON, WIS.
The gold-coated square of glass in Robert M. Corn's hand
doesn't look like a memory chip-or like any other
computer
component, for that matter.
But the glass, less than an inch square, is one key to
building a
radically different kind of computer, one that uses DNA
instead of silicon to store and manipulate information.
Eventually, proponents say, the technology could produce
DNA-based computers that would be better even than
supercomputers in solving certain types of problems.
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