High-Powered Computing Heralds Digital Industrial Revolution (preview)

When Thomas Edison invented a practical electric lightbulb more than 130 years ago, he performed thousands of experiments on prototypes, and we still marvel at his methodical patience today. A modern inventor proposing a similar approach, however, would more likely elicit laughter than praise. Product research and development more and more lives in the realm of bits and bytes, with engineers designing, testing, tweaking and even demonstrating new ideas via computer before any physical version exists. [More]
Source: Scientific American Topic - Nanotechnology - Category: Nanotechnology Tags: Technology,Society & Policy,Consumer Electronics,More Science,Computing,Technology,Everyday Science Source Type: news