The days of making computers using organic materials are getting closer. Scientists at Stanford University have recently announced the invention of a new type of transistor that will be made entirely using genetic material and will be able to operate inside living bacteria / cells.
Transistors are an important part of a computer that can be made from organic materials with a number of additional benefits. The difference between these new devices and the common inorganic transistors is that they can be used to build a complete computer in a plant or animal cell!
The new device, dubbed "Transcriptor", is a microscopic piece of DNA located in a living cell. Another important component that follows the instructions of DNA in the natural process of the cell is "RNA"; The researchers noted that it is possible to subdue the whole cell by establishing control over them in a special genetic engineering method. And with that control, the growth of cancer cells can be stopped. As a result, it will be easier to get rid of incurable diseases.
In addition, more efficient circuits can be developed from the current conventional synthetic circuit using newly invented transcriptors.
Parts of this startling innovation have been released under a "public domain license" that allows other scientists around the world to take the technology forward with their own research. But it is true that in reality we will have to wait several more years to get a "living" computer.