ULTIMATE COMPUTING - Quantum Consciousness Studies

32 Toward Ultimate Computing
of a snowflake, the ripples of a pond or a sound wave. Cellular automata are the
language of pure information and may be involved in biological information
processing as well as future computer devices. Forrest Carter (1984) of the Naval
Research Lab and James Milch (1986) of Eastman Kodak have both proposed the
construction of molecular automata, extolling the virtues of the cellular automaton
concept applied to problems of interfacing to molecular scale devices. With a
large cellular automaton molecular computer, communication to the “macro”
world need only interface with a “constructor,” a small portion which can take
advantage of the entire cellular automaton capacity.
Subunits of cytoskeletal microtubules may be particularly suitable for
“cellular” automaton behavior and information processing in the nanoscale.
Cytoskeletal automata and their dynamic consequences may be an important
substrate of biological computing ranging from the actions of single cells to
brain/mind consciousness. Will they pave the way to Ultimate Computing