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"ARCHAEAL MEMBRANES are made of molecules that differ strongly from those in other life forms, showing that archaea are related only distantly to bacteria and eukaryotes. The stereochemistry of the glycerol moiety is the reverse of that found in other organisms. This suggests that archaea use entirely different enzymes for synthesizing phospholipids than do bacteria and eukaryotes. In some archaea the lipid bilayer is replaced by a monolayer." https://lnkd.in/erDwTyt View in LinkedIn

UNIQUE CRYSTALLINE MEMBRANES. "Most of the archaeal species characterized so far have a single chemically distinct cell membrane, which differs considerably from their eukaryotic and bacterial counterparts. The ether-type polar lipid surface is covered by a surface layer composed of glycoproteins crystallized in regular two-dimensional lattices with hexagonal or tetragonal symmetry." https://lnkd.in/eBsayVj View in LinkedIn

"THE ARCHAEA are a unique group of organisms that share properties with both the eukarya and bacteria. For a long time, archaeal life was considered to be limited to extreme environments such as high temperature, alkaline and acidic hot springs, anaerobic sediments, and highly saline environments." https://lnkd.in/eBsayVj View in LinkedIn

SENSUAL INTERFACE. "Our goal is to give tangible, interactive forms to information so that a user's senses will experience digital environments as though they are indistinguishable from reality. Claytronics is taking place across a rapidly advancing frontier. This technology will help to drive breathtaking advances in the design and engineering of computing and hardware systems." http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~./claytronics/ View in LinkedIn

EXTREMOPHILES are a group of highly adapted organisms living in conditions lethal to other life forms. Their outer cell membranes are the interface between these harsh environments and the often delicate cellular machinery inside, and in many cases show remarkable adaptations that permit their unusual lifestyle. View in LinkedIn

"CLAYTONICS is an abstract future concept that combines nanoscale robotics and computer science to create individual nanometer-scale computers called claytronic atoms, or catoms, which can interact with each other to form tangible 3D objects that a user can interact with. This idea is more broadly referred to as programmable matter." http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claytronics View in LinkedIn

FLIPPASES. "Phospholipid flip-flop is required for bilayer assembly and the maintenance of biogenic (self-synthesizing) membranes such as the eukaryotic endoplasmic reticulum and the bacterial cytoplasmic membrane. Due to the membrane topology of phospholipid biosynthesis, newly synthesized phospholipids are initially located in the cytoplasmic leaflet of biogenic membranes and must be translocated to the exoplasmic leaflet to give uniform bilayer growth." http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15809683 View in LinkedIn

"CLAYTRONICS is one instance of programmable matter, a system which can be used to realize 3D dynamic object in the physical world." https://lnkd.in/dzdjcqu View in LinkedIn

DYNAMIC MEMBRANES. "The cell membrane is not a static barrier. It's always moving, its thickness fluctuating and waves rippling through it ... Some theories indicate that if a protein is near the interior of the membrane when it is moving in just the right way, this movement might allow the protein to work its way in somehow." https://lnkd.in/e2sriga View in LinkedIn

CLAYTRONICS is still at an early stage of development. It has more hope and dream than actualization, but that in no way diminishes its truly dramatic possibilities. The science is progressing steadily but for sure it will take a while. Enjoy the dream. View in LinkedIn