Programming molecular robots | Nadine Dabby | TEDxCaltech

Nadine Dabby is a graduate student in Computation and Neural Systems at Caltech, where she works on DNA nanotechnology and molecular programming in the Winfree Lab.  Prior to attending Caltech, she completed a double major in Molecular and Cell Biology and English Literature at UC Berkeley. Nadine is also an adjunct lecturer at the Art Center College of Design, where she teaches a course on Biomimicry to art and design undergraduates.

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[ForHisGlory]

this video was in incredibly interesting, it just goes to show you just how far we have came with the advancement in technology. makes me glad that I am a computer science major, who knows what can happen 10 years from

[JamesSKim]

It is great video and talk about the vision of nano-bot. Is there anybody who can answer how soon it will be realized in the practical domain.

[oker]

It's kind of interesting that these people go to these elaborate places to hear some person point out surface level understandings of what's being talked about; it's so much more productive to just go and read some scientific article than to spend so much money to watch any given person say so little or very general things.

[SCPF]

The work is amazing, and this is really interesting and promising for near future applications :)

[JohnDlugosz]

Other viewers are not as crass, is all. Or they all think that marveling at the future is more comment-worthy than making sophmoric remarks that add nothing to the discussion. Everybody *noticed*, but nobody else felt the need to remark on it. You seem to be conflating the two actions.

[aaronwise]

You’re missing the big picture here, 12 to 20 nanobots can integrate objects in 5 to 10 minutes

[jimj]

AI will help us to build these molecular robots.

[jahrleriksen]

@oker59 yes, it's not in depth, but we nerds get to set our minds to coast without having to subject ourselves to the TV sitcoms, which are u t t e r l y u n p a l a t a b l e. Heh heh, please don't take this guilty pleasure away from me!

[chrislinhares]

Why do tech nerds always start sentences with the word "SO" ???

[mastertheillusion]

I want to be the first full synthetic human.

[GovernmentNon-TerrestrialTechR]

and i thot my bioweapon research was way off...

[chrislinhares]

"have CAME"??? Start by learning basic English.

[fishwonton]

one word: skynet. i joke. but very nice though.

[psychobillywreckingball]

nanobots are gonna be the death of us all. IVE PLAYED PANDEMIC

[alejandrodelabarra]

Don't play with that.
Life is not a toy.
May be one day yourr computer eats you...