# The electrical blueprints that orchestrate life | Michael Levin

An episode of [TED Talks Science and Medicine](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/470623801), 31 Mar 2021, 19 min.

Audio: https://download.ted.com/products/141154.mp4?apikey=172BB350-0011

DNA isn't the only builder in the biological world -- there's also a mysterious bioelectric layer directing cells to work together to grow organs, systems and bodies, says biologist Michael Levin. Sharing unforgettable and groundbreaking footage of two-headed worms, he introduces us to xenobots -- the world's first living robots, created in his lab by cracking the electrical code of cells -- and discusses what this discovery may mean for the future of medicine, the environment and even life itself. (This conversation, hosted by TED's Chris Anderson, was recorded June 2020.)

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