Biocomputers (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological_computing) are an emergency technology where biological components are made to store and/or process information for computers. Biocomputers have been made in the past using brain cells (https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn6573-brain-cells-in-a-dish-fly-fighter-plane/) however keeping brain cells alive is both difficult and expensive. Other approaches are currently being tried using fungi and bacteria. (https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/11/09/1039107/e-coli-maze-solving-biocomputer/ https://www.cnet.com/science/pianist-to-perform-musical-duet-with-slime-mold/). There are also approaches in synthetic biology that would use individual biological molecules for computing. (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA_computing https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peptide_computing https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcriptor)
So my question to you /cyb/ is how will these devices change the world of computing?
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Anonymous
No.2500
>>2498
No way fag.
Look at the size of a forest with mushrooms.
Look at the size of a bitcoin mining rig.
Scale up to match the forest.
No way fag.
Look at the size of a forest with mushrooms.
Look at the size of a bitcoin mining rig.
Scale up to match the forest.
>>2494
The human brain is both more powerful than any computer on the planet and consumes less energy. Organic material absolutely has the potential to out-compute silicon transistors.
The human brain is both more powerful than any computer on the planet and consumes less energy. Organic material absolutely has the potential to out-compute silicon transistors.
https://www.advancedsciencenews.com/a-computing-system-made-from-heart-cells/
This is the third biocomputer this year to make headlines. Seems there is a lot of interest in biocompting right now.
This is the third biocomputer this year to make headlines. Seems there is a lot of interest in biocompting right now.
>>2548
>“Next steps will be to improve the programmability of our biocomputer, so that we can solve multiple problems on one device,” added Zorlutuna.
What a shameless grifter and con man.
>“Next steps will be to improve the programmability of our biocomputer, so that we can solve multiple problems on one device,” added Zorlutuna.
What a shameless grifter and con man.
>>2551
An electro-chemical reaction is not a computer and tweaking that reaction is not the software.
That cretin is using the 'computer' label while calling his contact in the judenpresse to facilitate more shekels and a steady incoming.
An electro-chemical reaction is not a computer and tweaking that reaction is not the software.
That cretin is using the 'computer' label while calling his contact in the judenpresse to facilitate more shekels and a steady incoming.
Anonymous
No.2554
>>2553
>it is a form of computing
A forced analogy (a form of computing you said) doesn't turn one into another.
>it is a form of computing
A forced analogy (a form of computing you said) doesn't turn one into another.
Anonymous
No.3697
Biocomputing is really starting to take off.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=txtDpCLHUkU
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/dna-storage/
Fun fact in the original script of the matrix the humans were used as processors not batteries, but the studio thought that audiences wouldn't get it.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=txtDpCLHUkU
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/dna-storage/
Fun fact in the original script of the matrix the humans were used as processors not batteries, but the studio thought that audiences wouldn't get it.
>>4040
>artificial-neurons-could-directly-communicate-living
The devil is in the details. "Could" means just wishful thinking.
>artificial-neurons-could-directly-communicate-living
The devil is in the details. "Could" means just wishful thinking.
>>4042
Not so sure. We have plenty of other materials that could do it. Not sure why bacterial nanowires wouldn't be able to do it. I could see them provoking and immune response, but I would think gene editing could fix that.
Not so sure. We have plenty of other materials that could do it. Not sure why bacterial nanowires wouldn't be able to do it. I could see them provoking and immune response, but I would think gene editing could fix that.
>>4043
You can make a Turing machine with a Turing-complete ruleset for deterministic data manipulation in Conway's game of Life, that can run the game of Life. There were mechanical cash registers that could carry out surprisingly sophisticated, 100% deterministic data manipulation 150 years ago. That you could, theoretically, assemble such a system out of living tissue should not surprise or alarm us.
But when you actually read these articles there's always an awful lot of "if" and "potentially" and "maybe." We've been on the verge of an amazing breakthrough in biocomputing for 50+ years. It's been all sizzle, no steak, since before you were born, or your parents. It smells like grant farming to me, but I'm a cynic and a horrible person.
You can make a Turing machine with a Turing-complete ruleset for deterministic data manipulation in Conway's game of Life, that can run the game of Life. There were mechanical cash registers that could carry out surprisingly sophisticated, 100% deterministic data manipulation 150 years ago. That you could, theoretically, assemble such a system out of living tissue should not surprise or alarm us.
But when you actually read these articles there's always an awful lot of "if" and "potentially" and "maybe." We've been on the verge of an amazing breakthrough in biocomputing for 50+ years. It's been all sizzle, no steak, since before you were born, or your parents. It smells like grant farming to me, but I'm a cynic and a horrible person.
Anonymous
No.4199
>>4196
>It smells like grant farming to me, but I'm a cynic and a horrible person.
I remember reading this article over a decade ago, naively thinking it would be a brilliant idea. I've become jaded in my time however.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2013/01/mp3-files-written-as-dna-with-storage-density-of-2-2-petabytes-per-gram/
>It smells like grant farming to me, but I'm a cynic and a horrible person.
I remember reading this article over a decade ago, naively thinking it would be a brilliant idea. I've become jaded in my time however.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2013/01/mp3-files-written-as-dna-with-storage-density-of-2-2-petabytes-per-gram/
Anonymous
No.4214
>>4213
>human-brain-cell-computer-plays-doom/
Is that a digital single-braincell-guy playing dewm? He's literally me!
>human-brain-cell-computer-plays-doom/
Is that a digital single-braincell-guy playing dewm? He's literally me!
>>2185
Who bumped this necrothread?
It is already known that biocomputers are propaganda and not achievable by the current tech.
Who bumped this necrothread?
It is already known that biocomputers are propaganda and not achievable by the current tech.
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