“Computer science is one of the worst things to happen to computers or to science,” said Neil Gershenfeld at TED 2006. In this TEDxCERN talk, Gershenfeld elaborates on how computer science, unlike physics, has arbitrarily segregated the notion that computing happens in an alien world. He talks about breaking down barriers between the digital and physical worlds, and gives us a glimpse of a revolution that could change the way our economy works.