Researchers are the first to have made an artificial neural network out of DNA, creating a circuit of interacting molecules that can recall memories based on incomplete patterns, just as a brain can.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110720142501.htm
Marius Ghercioiu has an idea that buildings could be living entities. Their eyes and ears are a wide array of sensors which bring in data about ambient weather, utility usage, traffic patterns, etc. There are also interfaces where buildings can interact with humans (or bots) and communicate information about the buildings’ emotional state.
PDF with all sorts of info on the idea.
six degrees of Kevin Bacon
Dirk is a bot that learns connections. But the only way that it can learn is for us to teach it. This is helping explore the interconnectedness of all things, but only the things that people let Dirk know about.
