Reasons to be optimistic...
DNA computing is orders of magnitude more energy and density efficient than digital computers
- Employs massive parallelism
Field is only 5 years old, so many untried paths
- Example: Use the structure of DNA and proteins to compute
Living cells hold many secrets
- Copy their information-processing approaches
- Possibly use living cells in computing systems
DNA can form self-assembling structures
- Analogous to cellular automata