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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

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

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

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

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

BIO-SUPERCOMPUTING: "about 10 to the 18th DNA molecules can be produced ... in a medium-sized laboratory test tube. Each of these DNA molecules could act as a small processor. Biological operations such as hybridization, separation, setting, and clearing can be performed simultaneously on all of these DNA strands. Thus, in an in vitro assay, we could handle about 10 to the 18th DNA molecules or we can say that 10 to the 18th data processors can be executed in parallel."" " http://www.hindawi.com/journals/abi/2013/341419/ 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

"DNA computers have massive degrees of parallel processing capability. The massive parallel processing characteristic of DNA computers is of particular interest in solving ... hard combinatorial problems."" " http://www.hindawi.com/journals/abi/2013/341419/ 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