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Biological Computers

Biological Computers.

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Biological Computers

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  1. Biological Computers Computer Scientist and Molecular Biologists are working to develop Biological Computers from a variety of biological materials. This is not science fiction. The examples listed below have been tested to some degree. Although it will be years before a practical version is available, the potential exists that could lead to the development of the fastest computers ever. On May 30, 1996, Seymour Cray (inventor of the Cray Supercomputer), gave a talk titled “ An Imaginary Tour of a Biological Computer”. He basically described how a Human Cell was very much like a computer and how it worked like a computer. It’s to bad he didn’t live long enough to see his vision come to fruitarian. He was killed that same year in an auto accident in Colorado Springs, Colorado. DNA Computers Leech Neuron Computer Slime Mold Computer More than 10 trillion DNA molecules can fit into an area no larger than 1 cubic centimeter (0.06 cubic inches). With this small amount of DNA, a computer would be able to hold 10 terabytes of data, and perform 10 trillion calculations at a time. By adding more DNA, more calculations could be performed. The slime mold performed complex operations, such as completing mathematical constructs such as a spanning tree diagram and the Voronoi diagram, which is a collection of geometric objects that are a partition of space into cells. A computer made of neurons taken from leeches has been created by US scientists. This device was able to think for itself because the leech neurons are able to form their own connections between each other.

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