Morphogenesis for Evolvable Systems
Papers from an international workshop on Towards Evolvable Hardware, The Evolutionary Engineering Approach
ICES '96 Proceedings of the First International Conference on Evolvable Systems: From Biology to Hardware
An Evolved Circuit, Intrinsic in Silicon, Entwined with Physics
ICES '96 Proceedings of the First International Conference on Evolvable Systems: From Biology to Hardware
Hardware Evolution with a Massively Parallel Dynamically Reconfigurable Computer: POLYP
ICES '98 Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Evolvable Systems: From Biology to Hardware
Theory of Self-Reproducing Automata
Theory of Self-Reproducing Automata
DNA Computing: New Computing Paradigms (Texts in Theoretical Computer Science. An EATCS Series)
DNA Computing: New Computing Paradigms (Texts in Theoretical Computer Science. An EATCS Series)
DNA Computing in Microreactors
DNA 7 Revised Papers from the 7th International Workshop on DNA-Based Computers: DNA Computing
A programmable molecular computer in microreactors
DNA'04 Proceedings of the 10th international conference on DNA computing
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This paper investigates configurability, reconfigurability and evolution of information processing hardware in conventional and unconventional media. Whereas current electronic systems have an advantage in terms of processing speed, they are at a definite disadvantage in terms of plasticity, true hardware reconfiguration and especially reconfiguration and evolution of the hardware construction system itself. Here molecular computers, including the control of chemical reaction synthesis, hold the promise of being able to achieve these properties. In particular, combinatorially complex families of molecules (such as DNA) can direct their own synthesis. The intermediate level of microfluidic systems is also open to reconfiguration and evolution and may play a vital role in linking up the electronic and molecular processing worlds. This paper discusses opportunities for and advantages of reconfiguration across these various levels and the possibility of integrating these technologies. Finally, the threshold level of construction control required for iterative bootstrapping of nanoscale construction is discussed.