Read
- Pages 45-6 of the ITRS ERD chapter
- Computing with DNAL. Adleman, Scientific American, Aug 1998
To finish our discussion from class on Monday, please re-read the
specified pages from the ERD. Describe how "fundamental limits" and
how we might over come them. I.e., are they really fundumental
In reading the Adelman paper, think about the potential advantages
(and the mechanisms that enable them) for DNA computing? Potential
disadvantages (and how they arise)? How DNA computing might hold a
model for nanoscale manufacturing.
Please email me your writeup before Thur Midnight.