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BreakingB@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days ago

MIT engineers connect bacteria to create living transistors

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MIT engineers connect bacteria to create living transistors

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BreakingB@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days ago
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MIT researchers engineered bacteria that can function as transistors, enabling the creation of living “circuit boards.” These bacteria could someday coat plant leaves or roots, computing to respond to drought or pests.
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    Finally, e-coli will earn its namesake.

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    “What’s with all these kernel panics? Oh! Forgot to feed the CPU.”

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    This is how Transformers evolve

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      I was thinking: first step of converting the whole biosphere into a data center (OK, maybe the brain organoids were that…)

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    When your computer literally has a bug.

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      I mean, you should look up the origin of that expression some time. It was already literal from the beginning.

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        oh i know, I am an old IT guy who studied computer science in the 80s. Pretty sure that was in at least a few text books.

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    inb4 ethics of bacteria

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    Would this find applications elsewhere, I wonder?

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