...how much of that is due to the fact that CS is now much more of a mature field compared to 44 years ago. It seems like the fields of synthetic biology and biological and chemical computers and self replicating nanobots (hey Von Neumann again) would be more open to grand scale ideas, and there are lots of exciting opportunities that haven't been explored.
...how much of that is due to the fact that CS is now much more of a mature field compared to 44 years ago. It seems like the fields of synthetic biology and biological and chemical computers and self replicating nanobots (hey Von Neumann again) would be more open to grand scale ideas, and there are lots of exciting opportunities that haven't been explored.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_biology
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biocomputer
http://phys.org/news/2014-01-slime-molds.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_computer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-replicating_machine#von_Ne...