Good article, if a little brief. With the advancements made in optical computing, I feel that there's a good chance ternary computing making a comeback at least in the research front.
I agree! Rather, nob systems (not only binary)
Ternary already creeps in around the edges. For example in order to accomodate stable sorting, Java's Comparator<T> interface uses ternary logic. Same with Ruby's spaceship operator, <=>.
Apparently ternary is superior to binary. Actually 'e' is the best base by some logic, and 3 is closer to e than 2.
And of course the other advantage is, instead of bits you have tits.