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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. 4 …A DNA nanomachine driven by repeated sequential addition of DNA control strands .............................................................................................................. 23 Figure 10. Recombinant…
  • p. 5 …protein molecule decorated with three legs--single-stranded DNAzymes, synthetic DNA molecules that act as enzymes…
  • p. 24 …Set strand ( ·open' \ Waste \ ( 'Closed' Unset strand Figure 9. A DNA nanomachine driven by repeated sequential…
  • p. 25 …Customized strand lengths or oligonucleotides (strands typically 100-200 base pairs long) can be easily ordered…
  • p. 26 …Assembly of DNA motifs with the aid of various branched DNA strands with sticky ends can…
  • p. 27 …This assembly method displaces one DNA strand and selectively replaces it with a strong complementary strand…
  • p. 30 …In this technique, the protection strand is a single oligomer that covers the input side of…
  • p. 32 …1) Single-strand DNAs are immobilized on the surface of a reaction chamber. This provides scaffolds…
  • p. 33 …Single-stranded origami such as William Shih's octahedron (113) cannot, by definition, suffer from this…
  • p. 34 …To hold the scaffold in this shape, helper strands are added to create a regular pattern…
  • p. 36 …In this latest case of DNA computing, inputs are replaced by single-stranded molecules, and how…
  • p. 42 …successive reversible branch migrations of DNA strands, and these strands were called "fuel" and "anti-fuel…
  • p. 45 …protein molecule decorated with three legs--single-stranded DNAzymes, synthetic DNA molecules that act as enzymes…
  • p. 46 …a, The NICK3.4A311 spider consists of a streptavidin core, with a 20-base single-stranded…
  • p. 53 …A 1.7-kilobase single-stranded DNA that folds into a nanoscale octahedron. Nature, 427(6453…
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substrates and size of legs are adjusted well, the assembly is continuously moving to new
substrate-covered areas. Due to residual binding of deoxyribozymes to products, even if the
spiders were surrounded by the product-covered areas, they would be able to move over
them by ordinary random walk, until they would find substrates again. Importantly,
directional movement of spiders can be accomplished by aligning substrates in directional
paths, for example, by displaying them on self-assembled structures, including origami
(Figure 27). Further, simple computing can be introduced by logic gates as legs. The nano
walker could be hybridized to repair DNA based machinery, including DNA computers, when
they are being assembled, or when they are damaged from cosmic rays, for example.
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Figure 26. The Nano walker made at Columbia University is a
protein molecule decorated with three legs--single-stranded
DNAzymes, synthetic DNA molecules that act as enzymes and
catalyze a reaction.
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