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This isn't a chip for implanting inside the body; this is a microfluidic chip that replicates some body systems in the laboratory.
by wgrover 6y ago
This isn't a chip for implanting inside the body; this is a microfluidic chip that replicates some body systems in the laboratory.
- monkeydust 6y agoOK why the need for a physical chip, why not replicate in software?
- anamexis 6y agoBecause we can't effectively model the behavior of human tissue in software.
- hprotagonist 6y agoby a long shot, too.
- eximius 6y agoWe can't even effectively model basic chemistry. We can't a priori tell you what color a chemical will be, much less many of its other properties.
- fao_ 6y agoLook at how much energy and computer cycles they have to put into just for folding a single protein and then realise that scaling it up at our current level is basically impossible: https://foldingathome.org/ https://foldingathome.org/
- ahupp 6y agoIt's not a chip like a CPU. It's chemistry and biology.