Bacteria with synthetic gene circuit self-assemble into working device
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Re: Bacteria with synthetic gene circuit self-assemble into working device
#2Bacteria with a synthetic gene. This is not a newly-discovered property of naturally-occurring bacteria, as the title would lead you to believe.
Re: Bacteria with synthetic gene circuit self-assemble into working device
#3Bacteria with a synthetic gene . This is not a newly-discovered property of naturally-occurring bacteria, as the title would lead you to believe.
Is there a systemic reason for why they can't or do you mean that only "none of the known bacteria don't" (build sensors)?
Re: Bacteria with synthetic gene circuit self-assemble into working device
#4Bacteria with a synthetic gene . This is not a newly-discovered property of naturally-occurring bacteria, as the title would lead you to believe.
Ok, we replaced the title with the subtitle.
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#5Re: Bacteria with synthetic gene circuit self-assemble into working device
#6Bacteria with a synthetic gene . This is not a newly-discovered property of naturally-occurring bacteria, as the title would lead you to believe.
Is there a systemic reason for why they can't or do you mean that only "none of the known bacteria don't" (build sensors)?
I mean, the article is about a gene that caused the bacteria to build sensors, not anything else. I don't know what bacteria can or can't do. (E.g. Ants are known to self-assemble into useful structures such as bridges. So that being true of bacteria is believable, hence my confusion.)
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#7Bacteria are already working devices.
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#8This could become an interesting alternative to lithography!
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#9now make them build a self aware ai that also breeds them for survival, what can go wrong?
Re: Bacteria with synthetic gene circuit self-assemble into working device
#10Bacteria are already working devices.
I'm not a native speaker, but the primary meaning of "device" is "piece of equipment made for a particular purpose" (see Wiktionary [1]).
I really don't think evolution counts, here.