Despite all the clever DSP and other digital technologies out there, it's easy to forget all the cool developments happening in the analog world. Lots of hams and other humans equate "high tech" with "digital" and assume that any new developments...the next thing must ALWAYS be digital. Who says? Here are some of the amazing things happening in the analog world that may have the potential of changing the world far more than the "digital revolution" ever did. Just a sampling. 1) Non-silicon semiconductors. There are dozens of new "pseudo-organic" semiconductor materials out there the blow silicon out of the water, performance wise. The one thing Silicon has going for it is that it's....cheap. Solid state technology did not begin with silicon....and it wont end there either. 2) Graphene: Shape-shifting form of carbon. So new and bizarre that many of its properties don't even have a NAME. 3) Adaptive IC's. Integrated circuits that can "rewire" themselves internally on the fly, forming virtual "synapses" similar to human brains. Neither digital nor analog. 4) Photon Entanglement: At this time, a physical curiosity, that will eventually lead to practical devices....in addition to completely altering our understanding of the universe. One of the implications of photon entanglement is that fundamental particles....commonly understood to be basically "interchangeable parts" actually have UNIVERSALLY UNIQUE identities.....in other words, every subatomic particle in the universe very likely has an absolutely unique "IP address." 5) Magneto Hydrodynamic Servos (MHD motors). Graphene may enable the manufacture of practical, microscopic hydraulic actuators with HUGE amounts of force to weight ratios. Imagine flying robotic gnats. 6) Clockless computers. The major bottleneck in computer speed is the clocking and timing. Eliminate the clock, and you eliminate the bottleneck. The way to eliminate the need for clocking is to use ANALOG computational methods... but on the molecular basis.