Successful development of biological computers can breathe like people

In terms of size, the chip the research team created is just a square with a 1.5cm edge but if we use a microscope to observe, we will see an extremely complex protein network.

Supercomputers always possess a terrible computing power and can do extraordinary things. However, these machines are often very expensive, extremely power hungry, always in a very hot state and even bigger than your home.

Supercomputers always possess a terrible computing power and can do extraordinary things.

Scientists at McGill University (Canada), along with experts from Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands, have created a new direction for designing such machines - instead of relying on thorough circuit boards. They will use proteins to relay processing information on a live IC structure. In other words, a supercomputer lives literally and can breathe like any other living thing about to appear.

In terms of size, the chip the research team created is just a square with a 1.5cm edge but if we use a microscope to observe, we will see an extremely complex protein network . "A vascular structure on living tissue is what we aim for," said Dan Nicolau Sr., biological engineer. of MGill University said. These protein fibers are supplied by an important energy metabolism molecule in the cell called adenosine triphosphate (ATP) , which acts as electrons inside an electrical circuit.

Biological computers have once created a bit of attention in 2013.

Of course, a living computer will take years to become a complete device, but based on experimental prototypes of scientists, the future of this field is very promising. The research team also said they aim at a pocket-sized bio-computer that possesses the same computing power as today's supercomputers - especially in parallel computing - and No electricity. In addition, a bio-computer will need oxygen so that its components suddenly "die out" - in other words, these machines can "breathe" in some way.

The issue of bio-computers has generated a bit of attention in 2013, Stanford University experts built a type of transistor made entirely of genetic materials and workable when lies inside a real living bacterium. The ability to transplant into living entities is the greatest advantage of this type of transistor compared to traditional transistors, which are made from artificial materials. With the name Transcriptor , this biological transistor is made up of a living cell, inside that cell contains a sample of DNA molecules of extremely small size, visible only through a microscope.

A supercomputer lives literally and can breathe like any other living thing about to appear.

To create the prototype chip mentioned at the beginning of the article, it took scientists seven years and they were conducting tests to test its parallel computing capabilities with simple magnetic calculations. to complex. In addition, engineer Dan Nicolau Sr. It also emphasized that although he and his colleagues have only made the first steps in creating a bio-supercomputer in the future.