I like Kurzweil's backtrapolation over non-transistor computing hardware [jpg] http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/PPTMooresLawai.jpg http://uplo

I like Kurzweil's backtrapolation over non-transistor computing hardware [jpg] http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/PPTMooresLawai.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/PPTMoores... (IC, transistor, tube, relay, mechanical) His future predictions can be fanciful, but his data from the past is solid. He thinks it could be nanotubes next. But it seems fair to say it could be as surprising to us as vacuum tubes were to people using relays...