Considerate computing
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Researchers around the world are trying to teach computers, phones, cars and other gadgets to behave less like egocentric oafs and more like considerate colleagues. For this purpose, the machines need new skills of three kinds that are sensing, reasoning and communicating.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2005
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Synthetic life
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A growing number of synthetic biologists are building machines from interchangeable DNA parts. The device works inside living cells, from which they derive energy, raw materials and the ability to move and reproduce.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2004
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Art as a form of life
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The works of genetic artist Joe Davis, based on genetic engineering, are described.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2001
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