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SIGNAL-NOISE DISCRIMINATION. "Many bacteria that inhabit complex environments experience multiple signals, some quite similar to their own, and thus they must discriminate between true signals and background noise." http://jb.asm.org/content/187/16/5507.full View in LinkedIn

COMPLEX COMMUNICATION OF BACTERIA. "Although the fundamental mechanisms for sensing and responding to signal molecules can be relatively simple, the potential complexity of the signaling networks they control is impressive." http://jb.asm.org/content/187/16/5507.full View in LinkedIn

BACTERIAL SIGNAL INTERFERENCE. "There are also examples of interference, in which microbes and host organisms release signaling inhibitors or actively degrade bacterial signal molecules." http://jb.asm.org/content/187/16/5507.full View in LinkedIn

BACTERIAL EAVESDROPPING. "In some cases, bacteria unable to synthesize their own signal are capable of responding to signals of other bacteria, eavesdropping on their competitors, or synchronizing with collaborators.” http://jb.asm.org/content/187/16/5507.full View in LinkedIn

QUORUM SENSING. "Although quorum sensing has predominantly been studied for single species, there is mounting evidence for multispecies quorum sensing." http://jb.asm.org/content/187/16/5507.full View in LinkedIn

BACTERIAL CHATTER is sufficiently sophisticated to create sophisticated swarm behavior called quorum sensing. View in LinkedIn

EVOLVING RESPONSE. "Slime mold responds to external stimuli, so, upon hearing and seeing its own electrical signal, it reacts—creating a new and different electrical pattern. And so the process continues and the sound evolves into a cybernetic slime mold composition." http://singularityhub.com/2015/07/29/the-artist-whos-making-cybernetic-slime-mold-sing/ View in LinkedIn

DOWNLOADING SKILLS. "Study of the Day: Soon, You May Download New Skills to Your Brain. It may someday be possible to use brain technology to learn to play the piano, reduce mental stress, or even master kung fu with little or no conscious effort.“ https://lnkd.in/duN_jZH View in LinkedIn

LISTENING TO ITSELF. "Martin’s project converts the natural electrical signals produced by slime mold into light and sound. But he then takes it one step further by creating a feedback loop. The system gathers the signal, feeds it to an evolutionary algorithm, converts the result into light and sound, then plays it back to the slime mold." http://singularityhub.com/2015/07/29/the-artist-whos-making-cybernetic-slime-mold-sing/ View in LinkedIn

BRAIN CONTROL. "Participants can be trained to control the overall mean activation of an entire brain region...or the activation in one region relative to that in another region." http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2011-12/scientists-achieve-matrix-style-subliminal-teaching View in LinkedIn