http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005-2006 by the authors Tue, 10 May 2005 14:29:40 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/05/10/013445.php#comment-150589 Synthetic Biology (Gene Hacking, Biosensors, Biological computing) Did someone say you have 10 trillion cells in your body. Each with DNA software and computer- like functions. So if each cell functions at 1000 Gbits/sec. X 100 trillion cells - talking to each other. Are you really sure your alive..... _____________________________________ http://www.theindianprogrammer.com/technology/dna_computing.htm DNA Computing - By Gaurav Gupta, Nipun Mehra & Shumpa Chakraverty. So after 10 iterations, the DNA is being replicated at a rate of about 1Mbit/sec; after 30 iterations it increases to 1000 Gbits/sec. This is beyond the sustained data rates of the fastest hard drives. ____________________________________ "In contrast to electronic computers, there are computing machines in which all four components are nothing but molecules," says Prof. Keinan. "For example, all biological systems, and even entire living organisms, are such computers. Every one of us is a bio-molecular computer, that is, a machine in which all four components are molecules "talking" to one another in a logical manner. http://pard.technion.ac.il/archives/presseng/Html/PR_udicomuterEng_27_2.Html 150589@blogcritics.org Tue, 10 May 2005 14:29:40 EDT