IGEM:TUDelft/Brainstorm
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Schmitt trigger
Bologna worked on a Schmitt trigger last year (University of Bologna 2007). Domenico already give an explanation about this device. The project is also very well documented so have a look at their site. More about the Schmitt trigger can be found here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schmitt_trigger).
What can be done with a Schmitt trigger?
- Create some kind of oscillator - I think Domenico also mentioned this already.
Flip-flop
An digital circuit that can remember it's last state and is thereby capable of storing one bit of information. It could be interesting to make a genetic circuit that can do the same. ([1], [2] )
Other interesting stuff
- Somewhere I read something about this 'magnetic' bacteria (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetotactic_bacteria) - maybe this can be used for orientation/movement. This organism is already successfully used to produce electrical energy.
Favourite projects
Filippo Menolascina
Domenico Bellomo
Bastiaan
Emrah
Farzad Ehtemam