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Defense Intelligence Reference Document Quantum Computing And Utilizing Organic Molecules In Automation Technology

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This Defense Intelligence Reference Document from the Defense Intelligence Agency, dated 10 December 2010, is one of a series of advanced technology reports produced in FY 2010 under the Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications (AAWSA) Program. It reviews quantum computing technologies and DNA-based molecular computing for onboard supercomputing on future spacecraft. It forecasts ion-trap quantum computers within 10 years, simple DNA tile computing within 20 years, and self-repairing DNA computers on a 40-year horizon.

  • p. 6 …Optical computers will likely be realized in the 20-year horizon; however, the very powerful promise…
  • p. 9 …individual elements became small enough that a change between depletion states could be quickly stabilized, given…
  • p. 12 …be perfect since a useful device requires some kind of input and output, thus some small…
  • p. 13 …The original state can be reconstructed by the partial measurement. As an illustrative example consider the…
  • p. 14 …Both schemes have been shown to be equivalent to gate-based circuit technologies. (15-17) INITIALIZATION…
  • p. 19 …In graphene or any small band gap semiconductor, this manipulation can be done in two distinct…
  • p. 26 …These fragments can be exploited to create a recombinant molecule of DNA by; a. Inserting or…
  • p. 43 …photons. (128} Nanomotors can be daisy-chained together, so that small movements on the microscopic scale…
  • p. 47 …realized on small production scales, but their readiness level for space travel will be lacking. On…
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7. By carefully using the recombinant tools and technologies available to genetic engineers,
one can properly program a customized Watson-Crick base-paired DNA motif that will
self-assemble in solution. This method of self assembly is preferred on small scale
applications due to the difficulties experienced when assembling nanoscale objects
through the traditional top down method. Assembly of DNA motifs with the aid of various
branched DNA strands with sticky ends can be directed by the geometry and connectivity
of the varying motifs. Once the structure is assembled a range of DNA lattices can be
produced (Figure 11).
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