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"I have been a soreheaded occupant of a file drawer labeled 'Science Fiction' and I would like out, particularly since so many serious critics regularly mistake the drawer for a urinal."
- Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
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| Medically Applicable Biochip | ||
| A computer formed of organic components that is used for a medical purpose. |
| MABs - Medically applicable Biochips - were to be the first practical product of the biochip revolution, the incorporation of protein molecular circuitry with silicon electronics. Biochips had been an area of speculation in the literature for years, but Genetron hoped to have the first working samples available for FDA testing and approval within three months. |
| Technovelgy from Blood Music,
by Greg Bear. Published by Arbor House in 1984 Additional resources -
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Biochips are in use today, but they are not being used for computing. A biochip is a collection of miniaturized test sites arranged on a silicon wafer that allows many tests to be performed at the same time in order to achieve higher throughput and speed. A biochip's surface area is about the size of your fingernail. A biochip can perform thousands of biological reactions, such as decoding genes, in a few seconds.
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