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in #health7 years ago

Scientists have engineered bacteria so that they are sensitive to light and they react in a way that a photocopy of an image is formed in their colony. This is a very interesting development, and it is conceivable that this discovery can have useful applications in the future.

A New Scientist article elaborates:

E. coli bacteria are naturally blind, and even the modified versions “see” only in the most rudimentary sense. “It takes two components to see,” says Voigt. “One is to sense the light and the second to interpret it in some way, so at a basic level you respond then compute something in response.”

Read more at https://www.newscientist.com/article/2131983-bacteria-engineered-to-produce-living-full-colour-photographs/

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