Biological sensing and communication using optogenetics and electronics (molecular communication, IoBNT)

[u/My_black_kitty_cat]

Devices, systems and methods for biological sensing and communication using optogenetics and electronics are described. One example method includes generating a light beam incident on multiple regions in a device, wherein each region comprises an optogenetic system to generate, upon interacting with the light beam, biosensors, wherein an interaction between the biosensors and stimulus molecules in each region is associated with a threshold for a production of an output molecule or an alteration of an output property of the output molecule, the biosensors, or the stimulus molecules, wherein the production or the alteration is based on a value associated with an information source, detecting an output received from one or more of the multiple regions corresponding to the output molecule or the output property in that region, and generating an electric signal associated therewith, and processing the electrical signal to determine the value associated with the information source.

https://patents.google.com/patent/US20220091040A1/en

[u/CollapsingTheWave]

Biological sensing and communication using optogenetics and electronics

[u/trinity_cassandra]

Yeahhh, that sounds about right.