Week 1 HW: Final Project Ideas

What do you want to make?

. Biological Display

What living system could make it?

. Fluorescent bacteria . Cell-free . Light-responsive bacteria . Synthetic minimal cells

How could automation help you make it?

  1. Picture
  2. Conversion
  3. Print with robot
  4. Biological pixels
  5. Camera capture
  6. Processing by computer
  7. Adjustment on robots

What would it take to make it at a meaningful scale?

  1. Proof of concept: 16×16
  2. Real prototype: 32×32
  3. Serious research prototype: 96×96
  4. 1 million pixels
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