Engines of creationFocusing on the breakthrough field of molecular engineering--a new technology enabling scientists to build tiny machines atom by atom--the author offers projections on how this technological revolution will affect the future of computer science, space tra |
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The fastest computers will use electronic effects, but the smallest may not. This
may seem odd, yet the essence of computation has nothing to do with electronics
. A digital computer is a collection of switches able to turn one another on and off.
The fastest computers will use electronic effects, but the smallest may not. This
may seem odd, yet the essence of computation has nothing to do with electronics
. A digital computer is a collection of switches able to turn one another on and off.
Page 68
Still, the idea of building ordinary computers once was shocking. By the mid
1800s, though, Charles Babbage had built mechanical calculators and part of a
programmable mechanical computer; however, he ran into difficulties of finance
and ...
Still, the idea of building ordinary computers once was shocking. By the mid
1800s, though, Charles Babbage had built mechanical calculators and part of a
programmable mechanical computer; however, he ran into difficulties of finance
and ...
Page 220
We, with our inert stacks of paper, could only envy them — if we didn't have
computers. MAGIC PAPER MADE REAL In 1945, Vannevar Bush proposed a
system he called a "memex." It was to be a desk-sized device, crammed with
microfilm ...
We, with our inert stacks of paper, could only envy them — if we didn't have
computers. MAGIC PAPER MADE REAL In 1945, Vannevar Bush proposed a
system he called a "memex." It was to be a desk-sized device, crammed with
microfilm ...
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Contents
Engines of Construction | 3 |
The Principles of Change | 21 |
Predicting and Projecting | 39 |
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| Title | Engines of creation |
| Author | K. Eric Drexler |
| Publisher | Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1986 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 28 Jan 2010 |
| ISBN | 0385199724, 9780385199728 |
| Length | 298 pages |
| Subjects | › High technology Science / Applied Sciences Technology & Engineering / General Technology & Engineering / Social Aspects Twentieth century Twentieth century - Forecasts Twentieth century/ Forecasts |
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