Meat the Aliens

“The Encephalons are a friendly race of aliens,” the General said. “Oh? You’ve dealt with them?” the computer nerd asked, biting his nails. “They are talkative, polite and have not threatened us with their superior technology. So, yes, that places them in my ‘friends list,’ as much as an alien Read more…

The Root of the Problem

‘Expose the root,’ the instructions said. Okay, sure. But how? Digger scratched his head and went through the file once again, scrolling without really focusing on any point in the ancient ypertext. The builders had created all these wonderful cyborg trees that give them all life, that give his entire Read more…

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In the next decade, #biocomputers may leave #supercomputers (and even #quantum #computers!) in the dust. These computers use biological #molecules to process multiple commands at once, which makes them “parallel” computers as opposed to classical ones. A #biocomputer model created in 2016, for example, is powered by #ATP, and relies on #protein #filaments to navigate miniscule pathways and produce solutions. Biocomputers promise to be cheaper, faster, greener, and smaller than even the most advanced supercomputers that exist today. #tech #technology #computer #computerscience #compsci #supercomputer