BiologyAndComputing

Context : EcologyThinking

JonUdell interviews SteveBurbeck about themes from biology which would be useful for thinking about computing.

• http://weblog.infoworld.com/udell/2006/04/14.html#a1427

Here they are :

• specialization (HardwareComplexity not SoftwareComplexity),

• PolymorphicMessaging

• stigmergy (StigmergicSystems)

• apoptosis

DannyAyers says read this first : http://www.w3.org/People/Connolly/9703-web-apps-essay.html

See also :

• BioInformatics
• ArtificialLife
• CollectiveIntelligence
• ComputerScience