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The Self-Assembly Line : When the Pieces Put Themselves Together
- sravfeyn 14y agoHere's a Video demo http://vimeo.com/38067834 http://vimeo.com/38067834 I couldn't find much information on how that happens!
- sp332 14y agoMagnets.
- sravfeyn 14y agoObviously not! That would be kind of mechanical then, and it had nothing to Molecular Biology
- sp332 14y agoFrom the article: Those toys are based on biological forms — an enzyme, a protein, a virus — and are made up of four, eight, or 12 plastic parts with tiny magnets inside. The shape in the video clearly uses magnets to assemble.