Can Bio Molecules Be Used to Create Supercomputers?

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Very interesting video. There are other biological schemes being investigated as well:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological_computing

Some folks are looking at atually using DNA for computing:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA_computing

Here's a reference to the Lund University article describing its capabilities better:

http://www.pnas.org/content/113/10/2591.full

The Lund computer reminds me of the Think-A-Dot toy of the 1960's:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think-a-Dot

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