Biomod/2011/SRISHTI/ArtScienceBangalore/Project

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Project

RASA-01: Open-Souce DNA Computing RASA-01 is a simple Do-it-yourself DNA computing kit for the general hobbyist interested in DNA computing. By collaborating with artists, designers,scientists and chefs, ArtScienceBangalore presents alternate scenarios of Human Computer Interaction with bio-molecular computers and DNA computing.

The Altair 8800 was a Do It Yourself microcomputer kit introduced in 1975. Sold through mail order advertisements, the kit, based on an Intel 8080 CPU was instrumental in sparking the micro-computer and personal computer revolution. The Altair was not an easy computer to program, the user had to toggle switches to positions corresponding to an 8080 microprocessor instruction or opcode in binary. With RASA-01 ArtScienceBangalore proposes an updated, simpler DNA version of the Altair. RASA-01 uses the Shapiro-Rothemund Unit which is a programmable two state DNA automaton. It uses a double stranded DNA as input, endonuclease and DNA ligase as main hardware and transition molecules as software.

PROJECT

This project, carried out by artists, designers and scientific collaborators, is a speculative investigation into the possibilities of using Biolomolecular design to make a simple 2-state finite machine. We prototyped an educational open-source biocomputer that takes the form of a kit which includes:

  • a DIY PCR machine
  • a DIY Gel electrophoresis box
  • input strands of DNA

We hope this project makes the theories and methods behind bimolecular design and biomolecular computing accessible to designers, artists, enthusiasts and amateurs. We believe that burgeoning technologies have more interesting outcomes when a plurality of voices are included in their formative years. The ability to think creatively using these tools and building

SWEET & SOUR NANOBOTS: EDIBLE INTERFACES?

During the development of our project we imagined with a variety of interfaces. Researching the history of early kit-computing and Human-Computer-Interaction, we realized how essential rich media interfaces such as screens, keyboards, speakers and mouse were to making digital computing accessible to a wider audience. We came to the conclusion that there are many advantages and interesting design constraints by focusing on taste as the sensory interface for the nano computer. Imagining and prototyping taste as a means of human-nanocomputing-interface has forced us to ask many questions about the possibilities and limitations of design for BioMod. The focus on medicinal uses of nanotechnologies has also made us to revisit the historical relationship between medicine and food, and ask if there are any synergies in these domains for nanotechnology. From our research into the history of kit computing it appears that early design decisions in the human-computer-interfaces and peripherals can lead to lock-in effects in both thinking and actual production. By imagining the possibilities of tastable computing we hope to open unexplored areas of the solution space for computing interfaces. Our first version of an Open Source DNA Computer is called RASA - "taste" in Sanskrit.

PROJECT PROCESS

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