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The History of the DNA computer

The history of DNA computing is short, but full of amazing technological achievements. It has tantalizing potential for advances in computing speed and miniaturization. Medical applications may one day treat diseases and even cure cancer by installing computational genes directly into patients' DNA.

How DNA Computers work

The first DNA computer marked the beginning of a revolution in both computing and medical technology. This 1994 invention, developed at the University of Southern California, looked unremarkable -- a test tube of clear liquid. It showed that DNA not only can store information, but can process it. Here is how it worked.

An Overview of DNA Computing

DNA computing is a rapidly emerging technology that promises to outdo conventional computing in both speed and miniaturization. DNA computers will be cheaper to manufacture than desktop computers, but have the potential to be as powerful as supercomputers. Not only will they be useful for many of the same things traditional computers do, some DNA computers...