DNA Computers are in the Lab Now

Although it isn’t very real-world practical, researchers at Cal Tech have produced a DNA-based programmable computer. Spectrum reports that the system executes programs using a set of instructions written in DNA using six bits. Like any programmable computer, this one can execute many programs, but so far they run 21 …read more

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An Amoeba-Based Computer Calculated Approximate Solutions to a Very Hard Math Problem

These single-celled organisms have a strange computing capacity that allows them to generate approximate solutions to a computationally complex problem known as the “traveling salesman problem.” Continue reading An Amoeba-Based Computer Calculated Approximate Solutions to a Very Hard Math Problem

An Amoeba-Based Computer Calculated Approximate Solutions to a Very Hard Math Problem

These single-celled organisms have a strange computing capacity that allows them to generate approximate solutions to a computationally complex problem known as the “traveling salesman problem.” Continue reading An Amoeba-Based Computer Calculated Approximate Solutions to a Very Hard Math Problem