Eduardo Reck Miranda’s “Biocomputer Rhythms” is a duet for a pianist and an interactive biocomputer. The biocomputer listens to the piano and reacts to it in real time. Electromagnets set off vibrations in the strings of the piano and percussion instruments. The system uses bioprocessors made from a unicellular organism called Physarum polycephalum. Each of these bioprocessors works like a resistor that has a memory. The sounds of the piano are converted into voltage changes, which are then fed into the bioprocessors. The components of the bioprocessor in turn emit corresponding current values, which stand for commands to make certain strings of the piano vibrate or to trigger percussion beats on a percussion instrument. The bio-omputer thus uses the intrinsic intelligence of Physarum polycephalum to create a novel AI system called “Natural Artificial Intelligence” or “n-AI.”
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