The seesaw magic book: the computational power of DNA molecules

A whimsical explanation of recent research developing molecular systems that perform information processing tasks. Yes, it's real. No, there's no magic.

Reference: "Scaling Up Digital Circuit Computation with DNA Strand Displacement Cascades," Lulu Qian and Erik Winfree, Science, June 3, 2011

Animation and Narration: Lulu Qian
Music: Donde Voy, on The Daydream - A Sleeping Forest
Stock images from iStockphoto

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• seesaw
• DNA
• digital
• circuit
• computation

[webtravelled]

speed up your video's word scrolling. You're patronizing your viewers by presenting a heady topic, but assuming we're too dumb to read about it at an adult speed.

[KeithFWinfree]

I suggest looking at a number system which only has a base of 3 not 10 and not 2 like computers. We are more complex then computer base 2. Base 10 was a random walk of history. However a base 3 can be explained very fully with this logic of this video. Good job.

[sterding]

Nice work! Congratulations!