Computer-Cooling BacteriaBOSTON LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY DESIGN PROJECT

BY MAXWELL KAZMAN

Purpose

Computers are getting increasingly powerful

Also very small

That’s a problem for cooling

Competing Technologies

Fans Loud

Big

Require space for air circulation

Rather expensive

Water Cooling Huge

Impractical for most users (no laptops or anything smaller)

Require a reservoir

Extremely expensive

The Design

Must include the following:

Generate electricity

Gather/Collect water split

Sustain high internal temperatures

Live in harsh environment (computer)

How the design works

One gene is always on and generates electricity with ATP pumps and protects the cell with a protien

The other engineered gene is on at first, makes a small amount of aquaporin proteins, and then turns itself off

There are lots of ATP pumps, so lots of electricity is made

There are not a lot of aquaporin valves, so water travels through the membrane not very often

When it does travel through the membrane, there will be enough electricity to split it, and it will split causing an endothermic process

Expected Results

Pretty simple

Alive? (Sufficient Food)

Water in air? Cooling? (Splitting Water)

1 1 1

0 1 0

1 0 0

0 0 0

Advantages

Bacteria is better than fans and water cooling systems because…

Its smaller

Its more effective (ideally)

Its more versatile

Bacteria in tape?Bacteria plumbing?

Potential Problems

Bacteria could escape

They are harmful to humans

They NEED water

Future Additions Handle energy better

Bacteria know when to use energy to reproduce

Become more efficient

Computer talking to bacteria Send quorum?

Turn on and off with computer’s needs (more efficient)

Become completely independent Require no external food source

Thank you

(Questions?)