Biologically Inspired Cybords

Random pulses cascade among tiny computers each programmed to interface one more device into their signaling pathways. site

VIMEO 858385 DorkbotPDX 0x01, March 30, 2008.

This talk explores Bynase, the biologically inspired protocol that Cybord computers use to signal values amongst themselves.

The primary value of Bynase is that it drives system designers into novel tradeoffs with analogies in biological systems.

A second value of Bynase is that it encourages casual small-scale hardware/software projects suitable for one-off art or educational projects.

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Stochastic computing begins with a counterintuitive premise—that you should first convert the numbers you need to process into long streams of random binary digits where the probability of finding a 1 in any given position equals the value you’re encoding. ieee