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SUMMARY:Can you build a computer without using roads? Where we are going w
 e don't need roads! - Dr Chris Forman\, Institute for Manufacturing (IfM)
DTSTART:20130318T160000Z
DTEND:20130318T170000Z
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CONTACT:Nalin Patel
DESCRIPTION:A friendly discussion hosted by Prof David MacKay and Dr Chris
  Forman.  Dr Forman is interested in applying biophysics to develop novel 
 materials and technology to improve sustainable engineering and manufactur
 ing.\n\nAbstract: Can we combine catalysis and information processing?  Fo
 r example\, biological cells are non-linear\, non-equilibrium\, stochastic
  machines that use energy to incorporate information into matter at the mo
 lecular level. Biomolecules then routinely self-assemble to manage flows o
 f electrons\, excitons\, protons\, photons and ions in complex colloidal e
 nvironments such as soil\, oceans\, tissues or blood. Can we harness simil
 ar processes to make 'a self-assembling catalytic processor'? e.g. a compu
 ter controlled battery or fuel cell?
LOCATION:TCM Seminar room\, 530 Mott
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