Month: September 2022

THE ATTENTION THEORY OF CONSCIOUSNESS. Is this the difference between the brain and a computer? consciousness is "dedicated systems in the brain that compute information. Cognitive machinery can access that information, formulate it as speech, and then report it. If awareness is a model of attention, and attention is just a data-handling method used by neurons." I remain unconvinced that this is uniquely human or uniquely non-mechanical."" " http://lnkd.in/bR3nbDm View in LinkedIn

HUMAN BRAINS ON SILICON CHIP. "The line between living organisms and machines has just become a whole lot blurrier. European researchers have developed "neuro-chips" in which living brain cells and silicon circuits are coupled together. The team is also exploring the possibility of using a neuron's genetic instructions to control the neuro-chip."" " http://lnkd.in/b7Mvnx8 View in LinkedIn

HUMAN BRAINS ON SILICON CHIP. "The line between living organisms and machines has just become a whole lot blurrier. European researchers have developed "neuro-chips" in which living brain cells and silicon circuits are coupled together. The team is also exploring the possibility of using a neuron's genetic instructions to control the neuro-chip."" " http://lnkd.in/b7Mvnx8 View in LinkedIn

BIOELECTRONIC CELLBORG. "Fully merging microbe and machine for the first time, scientists have created gold-plated bacteria that can sense humidity.The breakthrough is the first "cellborg" in what might become an array of devices that could sense dangerous gases or other hazardous substances...their hybrid sensor is the first to incorporate microorganisms into an electronic device."" " http://lnkd.in/bpzZnSp View in LinkedIn

BACTERIAL COMPUTERS. "Bacteria have been programmed to behave like computers, assembling themselves into complex shapes based on instructions stuffed into their genes."" " http://lnkd.in/b2p6Axc View in LinkedIn

LIVING COMPUTERS. The new MIT approach brings something new to table, though: memory. The process (is) "a very digital and permanent way to store information in DNA. The logic can store multiple experiences. After the cells die, the information can still be retrieved from the DNA." These artificial modules are like the Gmail of bio-computing, only better. There's no need to delete information if it can be archived for the rest of time."" " http://lnkd.in/b8-YCSt View in LinkedIn

ENZYME driven computer. "An electronic ‘AND’ gate, for example, gives a positive output only when voltage is applied to both of its inputs. In the genetic version, the output gene is transcribed only when both terminator sequences between it and the promoter sequence are neutralized by two inputs in the form of recombinase enzymes."" " http://lnkd.in/bJmtWq8 View in LinkedIn

ANIMATED COMPUTING. "The future of computing might just come from... slime molds! Turns out these uber smart, super weird molds can do things that even our most advanced computers can't handle."" " http://lnkd.in/bMS-5dC View in LinkedIn

ANIMATED COMPUTING. "The future of computing might just come from... slime molds! Turns out these uber smart, super weird molds can do things that even our most advanced computers can't handle."" " http://lnkd.in/bMS-5dC View in LinkedIn

SMART SLIME. "We’ve long known the slime mold can determine the shortest path through a maze, or even model optimal railway systems. Now, a group of researchers has shown these amoeba-like single-cell organisms could be used to build general-purpose computers."" " http://lnkd.in/bapF6Rd View in LinkedIn