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How DNA Computers Will Work
In your body is more computing power than in any manmade supercomputer. The future of computing bypasses silicon in favor of the far-more-powerful DNA strand, and the possibilities are endless. Learn how DNA could replace the silicon microprocessor.
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How Fabric PCs Will Work
Fabric PCs weigh less than a pound (0.45 kilograms) and have a display so flexible that it can be rolled and folded. Will this concept become a reality?
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How Liquid-cooled PCs Work
In most computers, fans keep components cool. But if you want to use high-end hardware or coax a PC into running faster, liquid cooling can be a better solution.
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How Media-center PCs Work
We're already on the cusp of one of the next big media revolutions -- media-center PCs. The goal is to overcome the overlaps in the way we work and play, making the separation between home computers and entertainment systems obsolete.
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How PCs Work
We've all used one, and most of us are sitting in front of one right now. Curious to know what's going on inside that ever-present PC? Here's your chance to find out -- without prying open your own. Examine a personal computer from boot-up to shut-down.
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How Printable Computers Will Work
Did you know it takes two full weeks for a microprocessor plant to produce one silicon-based microprocessor? Imagine being able to make one yourself by downloading designs and then printing it on your desktop fabrication machine.
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How Quantum Computers Work
Scientists have already built basic quantum computers that can perform specific calculations; but a practical quantum computer is still years away. Learn what a quantum computer is and just what it'll be used for in the next era of computing.
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How the Google-Apple Cloud Computer Will Work
In cloud computing, programs and files are stored on a centralized computer or network. It's rumored that Google and Apple are teaming up to bring a cloud computer to the masses.
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What happens to your discarded old computer?
After years of hard work and loyalty, some computers must finally retire. But since they can't take a pension and move to Florida, where do old computers end up?
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What is the world's fastest computer?
What is the world's fastest computer? Well, there's the MDGrape-3 and a few other supercomputers, or there's another one that may surprise you …
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What's the technological singularity?
Depending on whom you ask, machines are running our lives. But what happens if they start to build more efficient models of themselves and get rid of us?
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What's the worlds fastest supercomputer used for?
MDGrape-3 is the first computer to break the petaflop barrier -- that's 1 quadrillion calculations per second, making it the world's fastest computer. But you’ll be surprised by what it’s used for -- learn what MDGrape-3 can do with a petaflop.
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