一个包括来自欧洲18所大学70名科学家的独一无二的研究计划将在明年达到顶峰,届时将展现世界上第一台光学计算机。尽管它将是一台原始的样机,但它进行计算时只借助纯粹光学的开关器件。而迄今为止计算机却用电子学的开关。这个研究计划不寻常之处还在于这类合作本身也是第一次;并且,由于它证明了欧洲科学家之间的合作是有成效的,今后将进行类似的合作。欧洲共 A unique research project comprising 70 scientists from 18 European universities will culminate next year, when the world's first optical computer will be demonstrated. Although it will be an original prototype, it uses calculations with purely optical switching devices. So far, computers have used electronic switches. This research project is also unusual in that such cooperation is also the first in its own right; and, as it proves that cooperation among European scientists is productive, similar cooperation will take place in the future. European total