I'm sure AC will be a major revolution in computing in general, though ANN-based systems may come there earlier. Also, there's a huge application domain in ima

I'm sure AC will be a major revolution in computing in general, though ANN-based systems may come there earlier. Also, there's a huge application domain in image preprocessing: the pixel value is analog and noisy anyway, so building an analog primary visual cortex with a bank of common filters (line segments, stable features etc.) makes a lot of sense. ADD: I'm also thinking about accelerating RANSAC-type algorithms, where you perform lots of preliminary evaluations to filter out the outliers. I bet one can cheaply implement an "100-argmins of 100 x 100 fixed10 distance matrix" computation in a handful of cycles with analog circuits. And high-dimensional RANSAC-type algorithms are what needed for robust and precise 3D visual navigation.