Nature Can Improve Our Computers

ew York University (NYU) computer science professor Dennis Shasha thinks the future of computing lies in a synthesis with nature. Shasha says that as computers become more mobile and autonomous—either by creating their own power from the environment, using long battery life, or wireless signals—the mechanisms that nature uses become more relevant. He believes the next big leap in computing will be machines that are programmed to behave in evolutionary-like ways.

via Dennis Shasha: Nature Can Improve Our Computers | Interviews | Communications of the ACM.

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