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I urge everyone interested in similar topics (bioelectricity and natural electromagnetic phenomena) to grab a copy of Becker's 'Body Electric', it's a fascinati
by 9214 6y ago
I urge everyone interested in similar topics (bioelectricity and natural electromagnetic phenomena) to grab a copy of Becker's 'Body Electric', it's a fascinating book.
- 7373737373 6y agoAlso this presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjD1aLm4Thg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjD1aLm4Thg (What Bodies Think About: Bioelectric Computation Outside the Nervous System - NeurIPS 2018)
- 9214 6y agoThanks for sharing that! This presentation serves as a nice TL;DR of the book. I am curious if there's a palpable bio-inspired computational model based on these discoveries. [1] and [2] in general come to mind. [1]: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/220687776_Robustness_to_Code_and_Data_Deletion_in_Autocatalytic_Quines https://www.researchgate.net/publication/220687776_Robustnes... [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomic_computing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomic_computing
- 7373737373 6y agoThese links are very interesting, thank you! I haven't heard of the term autonomic computing before. Software systems are so far from achieving properties of life such as homeostasis...