title: Real cells - virtual computers.
abstract: Now it is quite usual to use real computers to simulate virtual cells. I suggest that real cells (e.g. cells cultured in vitro) might be considered and used as molecular automata. As an imaginary experience, a molecular automata can be built, using real cells and a chemical inert molecule. I suggest that one could be able to test statistical properties of a 2D gas trapped in a box using this sort of automata. Moreover, I would conjecture that any possible algorithm can be implemented in such molecular automata.
authors.affiliation: SUPELEC, Gif-sur-Yvette, France. georgealex.popescu@supelec.fr
authors.forename: George Alex
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Popescu
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001331:Automation; D002477:Cells / Q000166:cytology*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D005740:Gases / Q000737:chemistry; D008954:Models, Biological; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D005740:Gases