Fungus-treated Violin Outdoes Stradivarius
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Fungus-treated Violin Outdoes Stradivarius
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Re: Fungus-treated Violin Outdoes Stradivarius
#2Fungus is the new computer. There's nothing like that feeling a beginning programmer has when he realizes that he can give the computer a few simple instructions and, in a matter of seconds, the computer does something that would take thousands of man-years of manual computation.
This is why biotech is such an interesting field. If we can give fungi and bacteria simple instructions and let them execute those instructions in massively parallel fashion, we can accomplish amazing feats.
Re: Fungus-treated Violin Outdoes Stradivarius
#3Fungus is the new computer. There's nothing like that feeling a beginning programmer has when he realizes that he can give the computer a few simple instructions and, in a matter of seconds, the computer does something that would take thousands of man-years of manual computation. This is why biotech is such an interesting field. If we can give fungi and bacteria simple instructions and let them execute those instruct…
I don't really see the link with computing here. The fungi changed the cell structure of the wood, chemistry and woodworking on a microscopic scale.
Re: Fungus-treated Violin Outdoes Stradivarius
#4Fungus is the new computer. There's nothing like that feeling a beginning programmer has when he realizes that he can give the computer a few simple instructions and, in a matter of seconds, the computer does something that would take thousands of man-years of manual computation. This is why biotech is such an interesting field. If we can give fungi and bacteria simple instructions and let them execute those instruct…
what you mean is that nature is interesting. here's a clip to watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhh32JYkQPk
Re: Fungus-treated Violin Outdoes Stradivarius
#5Fungus is the new computer. There's nothing like that feeling a beginning programmer has when he realizes that he can give the computer a few simple instructions and, in a matter of seconds, the computer does something that would take thousands of man-years of manual computation. This is why biotech is such an interesting field. If we can give fungi and bacteria simple instructions and let them execute those instruct…
I don't really see the link with computing here. The fungi changed the cell structure of the wood, chemistry and woodworking on a microscopic scale.
Which is in-line with its purpose: (in this case) the cellular digestion of waste wood. Given enough time, the fungus would have consumed all the wood, rather than die off like a scientist would prefer to program it to do.
Re: Fungus-treated Violin Outdoes Stradivarius
#6Fungus is the new computer. There's nothing like that feeling a beginning programmer has when he realizes that he can give the computer a few simple instructions and, in a matter of seconds, the computer does something that would take thousands of man-years of manual computation. This is why biotech is such an interesting field. If we can give fungi and bacteria simple instructions and let them execute those instruct…
I don't really see the link with computing here. The fungi changed the cell structure of the wood, chemistry and woodworking on a microscopic scale.
There is no link with computing as in running a program. The link is the perception changing technology that lets us accomplish previously difficult tasks in a simple manner.
Re: Fungus-treated Violin Outdoes Stradivarius
#7Worth noting that this was only a single-blind test, with a sample size of 1 violinist.
Re: Fungus-treated Violin Outdoes Stradivarius
#8Wait, just by chance it looks like there was a 4/5 chance that the Stradivarius would loose/be outdone.
Re: Fungus-treated Violin Outdoes Stradivarius
#9As the article points out, other more mundane violins have done the same thing.
Re: Fungus-treated Violin Outdoes Stradivarius
#10Wait, just by chance it looks like there was a 4/5 chance that the Stradivarius would loose/be outdone.
That's like saying a grandmaster has a 4/5 chance of losing a 5 person chess tournament. The competition must be genuinely good to have a chance.