Counts and prints - a new device for computing
A group of scientists from Spain has created a device that performs computational operations while printing on paper. The development can be used outside the laboratory and produced at an affordable price.
The development is based on the use of cells in which nutrients are placed as ink. The latter, remaining after being printed on paper, are able to function - grow, create signals.
The main reason to start printing cells on paper was cost savings. It is a cheap and easily adaptable method for industrial production. In addition, the authors position it as low-cost.
Modern electronic assemblies allow high power computing. But they are very limited in terms of detecting biological markers that indicate various diseases. This led to the development of biological computers.
Researchers in such devices use biological receptors that detect exogenous signals. Study and modify them.
In the last 2-3 years, biological computers have been used in laboratories under the supervision of experts. The new technique is helping to print cellular devices on paper outside the laboratory.
The advantages of the new devices will be that they can be stored in the refrigerator and even frozen. This is possible due to the content of cryoprotectants in the ink, which increases the useful life.
The order of the printed cells is the software, the cells themselves are the hardware, and the paper is the physical location of the cells.
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The development is based on the use of cells in which nutrients are placed as ink. The latter, remaining after being printed on paper, are able to function - grow, create signals.
The main reason to start printing cells on paper was cost savings. It is a cheap and easily adaptable method for industrial production. In addition, the authors position it as low-cost.
Modern electronic assemblies allow high power computing. But they are very limited in terms of detecting biological markers that indicate various diseases. This led to the development of biological computers.
Researchers in such devices use biological receptors that detect exogenous signals. Study and modify them.
In the last 2-3 years, biological computers have been used in laboratories under the supervision of experts. The new technique is helping to print cellular devices on paper outside the laboratory.
The advantages of the new devices will be that they can be stored in the refrigerator and even frozen. This is possible due to the content of cryoprotectants in the ink, which increases the useful life.
The order of the printed cells is the software, the cells themselves are the hardware, and the paper is the physical location of the cells.
Read also: Inspired by snake skin: US scientists have developed a new material
