Ideas

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Ideas from the first significant brainstorming session

Idea 1:

An arsenic sensing device that produces a change in Ph in the medium that the bacteria are in. This could be combined with a device that would allow an analogue signal t be produced based on the concentration of arsenic.

Idea 2:

Modelling of a biological clock:

This project would be about modelling the biological mechanisims that control the circadian clock in plants. Could we make something that could produce a signal every hour? Could we change one parameter and get a singal every 4 hours, or 2 days for example? There would be little or no actual assembly involved.

Idea 3:

A multiple input/output device. ex: 3 input chemicals, and a combination of the 3 inputs could produce up to 6 output states/products.

Idea 4:

Bacterial Canvas. Using a biofilm with a device from idea 3 to produce multiple colours depending on the inputs.

Idea 5:

Bacterial photosynthesis. Put coding into e-coli or yeast to make them photosynthesize.

Idea 6:

Bacterial assembly line/Artificial metabolic pathway. A bacteria could be configured to produce different products in stages to produce a product that can't be made by one process alone. A control system could be integrated to manage the system.