Future opthalmic estimator that use twinkle alternatively of electricity will need nano - scale pipes to transfer photons — analogues to the single transistor ’s in a traditional circuit . And for that , scientists for the first time have used human DNA to build the small fiber optics cables yet created . And as is distinctive with organic computers , said cables are capable of assembling themselves . The technique , spearhead by Bo Albinsson at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg , Sweden , encodes desoxyribonucleic acid in a elbow room that , when mixed with light - sensory speck called chromophores , ego - orchestrate themselves into a instinctive pic - sensitive conducting wire that can accurately beam swooning — similar to those found in some alga . The technique may also someday be used for hokey photosynthesis systems that may power next - gen solar cell . [ New Scientist , Image : DNA visualized in a cDNA microarray fromWiki Commons ]
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