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It may use DNA instead of silicon
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biochip
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a microchip that uses tiny strands of DNA to latch onto and quickly recognize thousands of genes at a time; intended for use in a biological environment
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context computing English) A microchip made from biological macromolecules (especially DNA) rather than a semiconductor 2 An identification chip fitted into the flesh of an animal
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
In molecular biology , biochips are essentially miniaturized laboratories that can perform hundreds or thousands of simultaneous biochemical reactions. Biochips enable researchers to quickly screen large numbers of biological analytes for a variety of purposes, ...
Usage examples of biochip.
We use it because this enables us to communicate with the biochip without using an actual wire through the skull into the brain.
The biochip had to be connected into the brain tissue in billions or trillions of different ways.
Radhakrishnan had occupied himself with implanting the biochip, a lesser surgeon - more of a technician, really - had drilled a few holes through the disembodied chunk of skull and implanted a plastic connector.
Since most communication between the biochip and the outside world was supposed to happen over the radio, only a few of these fifty pins were hooked up to the biochip itself.
The signals coming in from the biochip showed no clear pattern in terms of intensity or duration.
That way, if Dad made the decision to go ahead with an implant, they could culture the cells and prepare the biochip at any time.
In the same way, the hard-tech people had dwindled, going back to the Radhakrishnan Institute and leaving high-bandwidth communications links in their place, so that they could monitor the biochip from the other side of the country.
Unprogrammed, a biochip is as dangerous as an idea in a house of fanatics.
Linked to the felines or linked with the fish, you should be able to feel a biochip within a dozen meters.
Information about a biochip shipment would pretty much pay your way to Paradise and back.
The hard plastic was breached in places by biochip boards wired in at odd angles.
The worm would nest in his biochip along with the proposal and would affect his memory of this meetingeven with the Forget-Me-Notusing the same circuits and glands that the chip used to insert data.
Well, he had uploaded a number of tutorials into his biochip just in case she had been serious, so he was prepared.
A semi-illegal code running on his biochip confirmed his evaluation of the chess position.
Fisher called to mind his mnemonic, fixed in place chemically with Forget-Me-Not rather than in his biochip where it could incriminate him, and began to manually reprogram the first missile.