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Playing with DNA that self-assembles

Paul Rothemund · TED

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About

Paul Rothemund writes code that causes DNA to arrange itself into a star, a smiley face and more. Sure, it's a stunt, but it's also a demonstration of self-assembly at the smallest of scales -- with vast implications for the future of making things.

The talk

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TED2007
Speaker
Paul Rothemund
Year
2007
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Computer science
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
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