IGEM:MIT/2005/Potpourri of ideas from summer 2004

===Some ideas from summer 2004=== (brainstorming fodder):

1. Information Processing Ideas
   1. Latch
   2. Half adder [math]\displaystyle{ \rightarrow }[/math] Full Adder
   3. Counter
2. Other Ideas
   1. Chemotaxis [math]\displaystyle{ \rightarrow }[/math] patterns
   2. Intercellular Communication
   3. Multiple cell types
      • possibly with similar machinery, but restricted means of communicating with each other
      • similarly, usage of different cell types to allow component reuse
   4. Color changing
   5. Coupling function to selection mechanisms
   6. Encoding in unstable clocks and out mechanisms
   7. 3D Patterns
      • from cells
      • from proteins
   8. Integrate quorum sensing
   9. Phage interactions [what does this mean?]
   10. Temperature sensitive latch
   11. Cellular automata
3. Inputs Signals:
   1. chemicals
   2. nutrients/food
   3. antibiotics
   4. small molecules (e.g., IPTG)
   5. temperature
   6. light
   7. charge
   8. sound
   9. magnetic field
   10. electricity
   11. gravity
4. Output Reporters
   1. motion
      1. run away!
      2. move towards something (i like that? do i like that? i like that?)
   2. fluoresence/light emission
   3. death!
   4. growth
   5. raw concentrations (what does this mean?)
   6. form a bio-film
   7. change color
   8. eat something