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WITHOUT MITOCHONDRIA AND CHLOROPLASTS, there would be no cellular energy, or ATP, and no life. In both cases, this energy is generated by harvesting high energy electrons in an electron chain reaction, from either sunlight in photosynthesis, or from sugars in respiration. https://lnkd.in/eFABf-W View in LinkedIn

BACTERIA CRACK SODUKO. Programming bacteria across a population is a way to develop swarm thinking, and an ability to solve moderately complex problems without overloading the programming capacity of a single individual. https://lnkd.in/evui9xK View in LinkedIn

PROGRAMMING BACTERIA. “We want to create a programming language for bacteria ... We want to program code for bacteria just like you would for a computer. A lot of the other work my lab does has to do with coming up with algorithms - just like a programmer would do – and converting that into a DNA sequence.” https://lnkd.in/eHJKT6U View in LinkedIn

BACTERIAL COMPUTING. "Researchers program bacteria to make computer-like decisions." https://lnkd.in/e7AX8yy View in LinkedIn

BUG COMPUTING POWER. "One gram of bacteria could store the same amount of information as 450 2,000-gigabyte hard disks... Because bacteria constantly reproduce, a group of the single-celled organisms could store a piece of information for thousands of years. So is it possible that a home computer could one day consist of a dish filled with micro-organisms?" https://lnkd.in/eDUTk7R View in LinkedIn

CONVERGENCE of AI, robotics, programmable material and synthetic biology is absolutely inevitable and unstoppable. As we learn to make organs on a chip, including proto-brains, the joining of biology with machines is not far away. View in LinkedIn

THE NEW SMART CITY. "The bacterial power of cooperation is manifested by their ability to develop large colonies of astonishing complexity." https://lnkd.in/eFQS2HD View in LinkedIn

"BACTERIA, long perceived as simple creatures, are now recognized as smart beasts that can conduct intricate social life while using sophisticated social language, one that we have only recently begun to decode." Good article. https://lnkd.in/eFQS2HD View in LinkedIn

What would the swarm intelligence of microbes be interested to Google, given the chance? View in LinkedIn

HARNESS THE BUGS. "Microbes mediate all the important element cycles on earth...they form clouds, break down rocks, deposit minerals, fertilize plants, condition soils and clean up toxic wastes." Is it not time to hook these super-capable creatures up to some of our advanced programmable materials and artificial intelligence, and see what happens? https://lnkd.in/eYfQSpk View in LinkedIn