SCNA 2009 - What If Bacteria Designed Computers?: Ward Cunningham

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A visionary.

Cybords and Bynase

Signaling cascade

• One receptor chemically triggers another receptor in the cell, and so forth
• Computer chips on circuit board represent receptors
• Every chip is the same, just programmed differently
• Smart chips simplify wiring

Bynase

• Protocol
• Sending noise
• Receiving percentage of pulse that is high
• No synchronization needed (but relatively slow)
• Changing relative frequency of pluses and minuses
• Idea based on neurotransmitters
• Standard input and output

Codosome-2

• Java, Agile, TDD -> microprocessors
• Don't run Java on part, but can use this to test it, then burn hex into part

Links and References

• Cybords
• Using Engineered Scaffold Interactions to Reshape MAP Kinase Pathway Signaling Dynamics (biological circuit)
• Digi-Key (source for chips)

Q & A

I asked if he would like to comment about similarities to Fluent Interfaces.
His response was that it is a lot like the UNIX command line - stdin, stdout (both text).