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It\u2019s the most dramatic technical development of recent times: Teams of people working for decades to produce a slow-motion revolution we call computing. As these devices become increasingly powerful, we recall that a pioneer from the nineteenth century \u2013 Ada Lovelace, a mathematician and Lord Byron\u2019s daughter \u2013 said they would never surpass human ability. Was she right?\nWe consider the near-term future of computing as the Internet of Things is poised to link everything together, and biologists adopt the techniques of information science to program living cells.\nPlus: What\u2019s your favorite sci-fi computer?\nGuests: \n\n\n Walter Isaacson \u2013 President and CEO of the Aspen Institute and the author of The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution\n\n\n\nChristopher Voigt \u2013 Bioengineer at MIT\n\n\nAndy Ihnatko \u2013 Technology journalist\n\n\nAndr\xe9 Bormanis \u2013 Writer, screenwriter, Star Trek\n\n\n\nJohn Barrett \u2013 Electronic engineer, NIMBUS Centre for Embedded Systems Research at the Cork Institute of Technology, Ireland\n\nFirst released December 7, 2014.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices