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Researchers Create Logic Circuits From DNA
separsons writes "Researchers at Duke University recently used DNA to craft tiny chips used in computers and electronic circuits. By mixing DNA snippets with other molecules and exposing them to light, researchers created self-assembling, DNA-based logic circuits. Once perfected the tech could serve as an endlessly abundant, cheap alternative to silicon semiconductors. Chris Dwyer, lead researcher on the project, says that one grad student using DNA to make self-assembling circuits could produce more logic circuits in one day than the global silicon chip industry can create in an entire month!"
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Chris Dwyer, lead researcher on the project, says that one grad student using DNA to make self-assembling circuits could produce more logic circuits in one day than the global silicon chip industry can create in an entire month!"
Which grad student?
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one grad student using DNA to make self-assembling circuits could produce more logic circuits in one day than the global silicon chip industry can create in an entire month!
The jokes just write themselves.
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That and grad students can be made to work 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for nearly no pay.
thus giving a whole new meaning to the term "computer virus"!
I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.
Did they use DNA from women?
Of course not.
They're building logic gates.
I think you need to substitute the two nerds with two college girls. Then one of them is held hostage by the mad scientist. So, the other one had to run back for help from her sorority sisters. Some of whom are chemistry or physics majors with a fascination for big guns and fast cars.
Bio-neural gel packs SOUND like a good idea, but when cheese can take a federation starship out of commission, I start wondering about how good an idea this is to pursue.
So this is how the robot apocalypse is to start eh? Well, I for one...you get the idea.
Literally, that is.
And a chance for radically different model names. For example, the slowest DNA-based model will be called "cousin Jed" or something.
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Oh I dunno female DNA would be a shoein for flipflops.
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