Embryonics: Electronic Stem Cells

Lucian Prodan¹, Gianluca Tempesti², Daniel Mange², and André Stauffer^2
1 ``Politehnica'' University (UPT), Timisoara, Romania
E-mail: lprodan@cs.utt.ro, WWW: http://www.cs.utt.ro
² Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
E-mail: name.surname@epfl.ch, WWW: http://lslwww.epfl.ch

Abstract:

Embryonics  is a long-term research project attempting to draw inspiration from the biological process of ontogeny,  to implement novel digital computing machines endowed with better fault-tolerant  capabilities. This article discusses the degree of bio-inspiration attained while also attempting to start a similarity debate on various implementation decisions, on why and how nature developed its subtle, intricated means of growing, healing and reproducing.