FUTURE
OF COMPUTERS
The computers of today are made possible by electronic signals that are manipulated to produce binary signals. These binary signals of 0's and 1's make it possible to write digital codes to run the computers (OS or operating system software) or to apply to the computers (application software).
The computers of tomorrow will no longer need to operate through electronic signals. There are two possible alternatives for the computers of tomorrow, both of which have already been implemented.
The computers of tomorrow operate through our knowledge of Quantum Physics. Quantum Physics is the study of light pulses at subatomic level. But, generally speaking, Quantum Physics, sometimes also called Quantum Mechanics, is the study of our quantum universe at the quantum level. To be sure, Quantum Physics has many branches, but the branch Quantum Optics of Quantum Physics is what is being applied to the computers of tomorrow, otherwise known as Quantum Computing.
The
second known alternative for the computers of tomorrow is DNA Computing. DNA
Computing operates through our knowledge of DNA and molecular biology, and may I
add, at the risk of being redundant, at the molecular level. DNA Computing uses the bases G, T, A, and C
to form computer codes to run and to apply to DNA computers.
The
two alternatives to digital electronic computing have already been applied in
some of today’s computers. Quantum
computers are already being used in banking in Europe, though at a limited
level. DNA computing has already been
applied successfully, though at a research level.
These two alternatives to computing may not be the only ones in this century, for with the billions of people in this planet with their brilliant minds, and with more coming with each generation, humanity may yet generate new ways of making this world more hospitable and habitable than it was millions of years ago.
This article starts my blogging anew after some sporadic tries while I was studying in college. I am happy to report that I received all A's for all my efforts of studying. Here's the list of my courses so far:
Summer 2013 ------------------- 8 weeks
Beginning Java ---------------------- A
Project Management ------------------ A
Fall 2014 -------------------- 16 weeks
Beginning C++ ----------------------- A
Beginning Visual Basic -------------- A
Introduction to Computer Security --- A
U.S. History II --------------------- A
Spring 2014 ------------------ 16 weeks
Advanced C++ ------------------------ A
Happy computing!
John
These two alternatives to computing may not be the only ones in this century, for with the billions of people in this planet with their brilliant minds, and with more coming with each generation, humanity may yet generate new ways of making this world more hospitable and habitable than it was millions of years ago.
This article starts my blogging anew after some sporadic tries while I was studying in college. I am happy to report that I received all A's for all my efforts of studying. Here's the list of my courses so far:
Summer 2013 ------------------- 8 weeks
Beginning Java ---------------------- A
Project Management ------------------ A
Fall 2014 -------------------- 16 weeks
Beginning C++ ----------------------- A
Beginning Visual Basic -------------- A
Introduction to Computer Security --- A
U.S. History II --------------------- A
Spring 2014 ------------------ 16 weeks
Advanced C++ ------------------------ A
Happy computing!
John
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