Rise of 'The Machine'...next-gen computing (quantum, neural or both)...beyond the transistor... ...sounds like this camp has other ideas about the basis for next-gen computing, namely; the Memristor: http://www.nature.com/news/transistor-successor-set-to-bring-on-the-machine-age-soon-1.15611 But fear-not, QDots appear to have inroads there as well: http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/am400168m ... http://www.indiatimes.com/technology/pc-and-laptop/memristor-chip-that-mimics-human-brain-96176.html And here, futurists compare both options...memristor (neural) &/or quantum computing: http://univis.uni-erlangen.de/formbot/dsc_3Danew_2Fpub_view_26pubs_3D2013_3Atech_2FIMMD_2FIMMD3_2Fmodeli_26dir_3Dtech_2FIMMD_2FIMMD3_26lang_3Den_26ref_3Dpub_26years_3Dall Human Brain Project & memristors (w/ video)...interesting stuff: http://nextbigfuture.com/2013/02/blueprint-for-memristor-based.html