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0 pointsdegif5y ago0 comments

Is this targeted only to people knowledgable in chemistry and "nano stuff"?

I feel like I would be a target audience (games that do real world science and a greater good mixed with some cool looking hardware gadget, hell yeah) and I have children that would probably be interested in such thing.

But even after this extra explanation I don't understand what is the thing actually doing. What is the exact game mechanism? Do I only observe things; do I score better if I am fast or smart; what is the bio stuff in those things and how does it affect the games?

Could you maybe explain it like I'm five? Without using the words nano and molecular and bio and dna :)

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bionhoward5y ago· 2 in thread

Just imagine a door with a breeze blowing through it. You can feel the wind if you stand on one side. When stuff goes through the door it blocks the air going through the door. You can learn about stuff by putting it through such doors and seeing how much air different stuff blocks.

The Console at the link above lets you do nanotech, by playing games to put lots of tiny stuff through lots of tiny doors, and thus get big data about tiny stuff. With more data, the sensors can get smart enough to be useful for various applications, like detecting viruses or measuring your poo. Truly, we live in the future

lioeters5y ago

My favorite "game" listed on the site is Poop of the Gods.

From what I understand, as one plays these games, the console's sensors will be analyzing actual samples of food, poop, microbes, viruses, pollutants, and other molecules..?

kemmishtree5y ago

YES! It's not just an in silico project, it's real stuff from inside you, around you, and custom reagents we'll ship to you.

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