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New Architectures for a New Biology (by David E. Shaw)
- Rod 18y agoYou can watch this talk's video at: http://stanford-online.stanford.edu/courses/ee380/061011-ee380-300.asx http://stanford-online.stanford.edu/courses/ee380/061011-ee3...
- seiji 18y agoThat link didn't work for me. Here's a free iTunes version: http://deimos3.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/Browse/itunes.stanford.edu.1323712351?i=1538736379 http://deimos3.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/Browse/itunes.s... Or the youtube version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ve5xdqoh1bs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ve5xdqoh1bs
- jballanc 18y agoHere's a good primer (for those with access to _Nature_): http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080116/full/451240a.html http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080116/full/451240a.html Summary (for those without) - Shaw is the latest in a long history of individuals who thought the way to go in solving the protein folding problem was to create a specialized processor. In every past attempt, these individuals have been beaten out by those who are willing to work with commodity parts and refine the algorithms. At the very least, Shaw is climbing a very steep slope! Also related: http://www.astrogrape.org/ http://www.astrogrape.org/
- Rod 18y agoThat article on Nature is pretty cool. Thanks for sharing :-)
- biohacker42 18y agoProtein folding is a great problem to work on. We know it happens in linear time in every cell in our bodies. And if you can find a way to do it in linear time in silicon, well there's your singularity right there.