Opinion: Rapid gains in technology point to a bright future

Courtesy Digg / Tech Industry News  Sat, 04/19/2008 - 16:22

Massachusetts Institute of Technology was so advanced in 1965 that it actually had a computer. Housed in its own building, it cost $11 million (in today's dollars) and was shared by all students and faculty.

Four decades later, the computer in your cellphone is a million times smaller, a million times less expensive, and a 1000 times more powerful

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