Living LEGOs

Boston MA (SPX) Aug 25, 2022

LEGO blocks can be manually attached to each other in certain prescribed ways to create complex structures. What if we could engineer living LEGO-like structures that can self-replicate and move around, and can be programmed to grow and self-assemble into any desired target shape?

An interdisciplinary research team, led by MIT professor Jorn Dunkel and Ingmar Riedel-Kruse of the University
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