Previous experiments with DNA computing had allowed the DNA to float freely in a test tube,but Lloyd Smith,a chemist and leader of the Wisconsin research team,hopes his method will allow the wet chemical steps required for a calculation to be automated.

• 以前，科学家在进行DNA计算实验的时候总是让DNA分子自由地漂浮在试管中，但是威斯康星大学研究小组的负责人、化学家劳埃德·史密斯希望他的方法可以让计算所需的化学湿选步骤自动进行。