Год выпуска: 1999 Автор: Gary Stix Издательство: Страниц: 304 ISBN: 9780471162933
Описание
Computer scientists are currently working to develop DNA computing. The three–quarters of a pound of DNA in each person?s body has the storage capacity of all the computer memory ever built. A fiber optic communications system has been developed that allows a single fiber to carry as much information as the entire worldwide data traffic on the Internet. Researchers are developing a growing selection of artificial body parts, a wide range of which are already available. "Smart materials" that can sense changes in heat, pressure, and light are being used in a range of everyday devices such as exercise equipment, barbeque grills, and downhill skis. Laser scalpels are being used in a growing range of new surgery, including the "sculpting" of the cornea in the eye in order to correct near– and farsightedness. Which new technologies will change our lives the most in the years ahead? Introducing today?s brave new world of gene therapy, quantum computation, designer...
