We don't see a limit to how small we can make devices until we reach the atomic scale. I don't think there are very good ideas out there yet on how to make a quantum computer. But if we do find the right idea, oh, it's going to be phenomenal. In 1950, it would have been a very obvious extension to say that in the year 2000 you'd have a nuclear-powered toaster. In the 1970s, few people predicted having an Internet.
People think very linearly, but it is the right-angle turns that really are the most interesting.
I think even our wildest imaginings might be too conservative. Controlling nature, one atom at a time, and being able to get it to dance the way you want it to. The Walt Disney Company. Back to Homepage .