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World Service,03 Sep 2014,18 mins

Future Computers

Business Daily

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Ever wondered what the computers of the future might look like? We head to California to find out. Is it possible to build a monkey brain out of silicon? Researchers at IBM are exploring the possibilities. And we go on an atomic-scale adventure with research scientist Chris Lutz, who explains his plans to use DNA to design microscopic computer technology. We meet the people behind the world's smallest animation; and take a spin in the latest battery-powered car with Dick Swanson... nought to 60 in four seconds? Not bad!

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