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A scary age has begun folks!  Bad news for microchip makers?  Good news for the biotechnology community?  So what is the news?  A claim from a Duke University engineer suggests that using DNA to replace microchips, and he has demonstrated with successful tests.  Tiny DNA structures with added molecules that created by this unique biotechnology process are sensitive to light, and when these are under the influence of light, the DNA structures change accordingly to the wishes of the engineers.  This shows the whole process can be programmable, and the possibility of making these tiny DNA structures behave like a microchip is high!  This is a work of a man named Chris Dwyer!

Bad news for microchip makers?  The microchip makers may have to let go their current technology as biotechnology gains ground.  Yes, it may be years and years before biotechnology can replace the current technology, but microchip makers may see themselves in the losing battle of churning out goods if they’re not hurriedly with their biotechnology investigations; someone else may make to the finish line first and fast, and the whole industry will change!  It’s not so clear which technology is cheaper to develop and produce.  As long the current technology is cheaper to deploy and produce, biotechnology won’t be the preferable technology for microchip makers.  I have my doubt in betting that the current technology will prevail, because times have been telling us again and again, somethings better have always been replacing what came before.  Biotechnology may be the key to that next stone…

In this case, Chris Dwyer may have the ability to produce somethings like microchip but with biotechnology using DNA in massive scale in which microchip makers won’t be able to compete in terms of speedy production and quantity.  How about the quality?  As long the qualities of DNA made microchips are superb such as better performance, I think the days for traditional microchips are numbered.  Then again, it may be years and years before anything good from biotechnology, comparable to current microchips, getting commercialized.   Source.