IGEM:Harvard/2010/Brainstorming
Overall Ideas
Let's use biology in ways that make sense, aka lean on the strengths of biology to accomplish tasks better than would be done through other through.
Things biology is good at: parallel processing, self-regeneration, communication, ...?
Food or Energy
Allergen free foods - custom garden toolbox
Material conversion (to fuel)
Inspired by the lovely aroma in the hall just now: organisms that produce cool smells...like fresh baked cookies, or flowers... Or maybe organisms that can cover up bad smells? Would go by emitting a neutralizing chemical or by absorbing the nasty one...
Environment
[E. Chromi]
Bacteria that absorb toxins in air (sulfur dioxide, etc) or water (?)
Something to detect toxin concentrations in air - wouldn't use e. coli because they need to grow in aqueous environments
Organism that breaks down [something] (for removal of unwanted waste).
Health or Medicine
Invasin-based tumor-seeking bacteria.
Manufacturing
New Application
Foundation Advance
Information Processing
Parallel computing??