futurebird,
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  • Isopods have 7 pairs of legs all pretty much the same length.

  • 74** logic gates have ... 7 pairs of legs all the same length!

Coincidence? I think not!

Clearly, each isopod contains 4 logic gates. This Armadillidium vulgare has 4 AND gates. Don't forget to connect power & ground legs & use pull-down resistors on inputs.

(best practice is to simply ask the rollie to position itself in your circuit.)

Like most natural systems. they use micro-voltages, don't use standard 5V power sources.

dxzdb,
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@futurebird

Did you see this! 😱 seems quasi-related. 😏
https://dailyhealthpost.com/pill-bugs-remove-heavy-metals-soil/

GreenSkyOverMe,
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@futurebird Reaction from a Discord friend: "There’s a trilobyte/trilobit joke in there somewhere."

floatybirb,
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@futurebird This might mean that CPUs with more than 7 pins are just clusters of unusually square isopods that have taught themselves to stand really still and to also do computer math.

bglazebrook26,

@futurebird @aptshadow this sounds like something I'd read in one of your books

jhhl,
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@futurebird Be kind and use Zero Insertion Force sockets!

n3wjack,
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@futurebird I have a shitload of these in my yard. I'm going to be rich!

Camila Cabello Making It Rain GIF

jerry,
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@futurebird first birds aren't real, and now this!?

wrongdog,

@futurebird I've spent the weekend leaning over tiny electrical parts and I deeply feel this. Thanks for sharing!

asbestos,
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@futurebird
This is the kind of high order geekery I nerd more of.

beige_alert,

@futurebird you have the best ideas!

noah,

@futurebird technology is always inspired by nature

nazokiyoubinbou,
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@futurebird The problem is getting them to hold still inside the socket.

Unixbigot,
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@futurebird recently I learned¹ that the charge gradients in mitochondria are on the order of millions of volts per metre so I no longer think of biocircuitry as wimpy.

¹ via https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001md34

mfeilner,
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@futurebird i love that!

souvlaki,
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@futurebird "rollie" 💚

CaptManiac,
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@futurebird Which creature is the 555 timer IC?!

futurebird,
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@CaptManiac

Since there are 8 legs it'd need to be a spider or tick.

The velvet spider seems like a good candidate for a 555 timer!

DavidM_yeg,
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@futurebird @CaptManiac

TIL ticks are arachnids, cool!

EricCarroll,
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@futurebird
Amazing the processing that can be done with 4 AND gates...
@kdund

ed2417,
llewelly,
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@futurebird
I guess this means the right kind of isopod (7404) will protect you from hexes.

Cher,
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@futurebird what kinda battery life can you get on an isopod?

Dragoniff,

@futurebird POV: You're an area 51 scientist trying to figure out alien technology

Wanderingmoon,

@futurebird, that's funny. Can you find any other nature vs tech comparisons? 😁😁

schaf,

@futurebird @littlefox the 2020s will go into history as The Era of Shitposting, and i am proud to be part of it

Dtl,
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@futurebird I should write up my experiments in using snails to make PCBs by feeding them colloidal silver to make their slime more conductive.

I think this would be a natural fit for the technology you introduce in this paper.

FenTiger,
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@futurebird They look a bit tricky to solder.

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