“Integrating electronics into biological culture devices needs different approaches. The use of silicone-rubbers for sealing off the wet-humid bio-part from the silicon circuits and sensors allows the making of hybrid bioelectronic devices.
A really fun concept, I wonder what kind of organisms they are planning to use and how the electronic components will be integrated with biological stuff. This is something that the iGEM team I advised last year worked on as well, building small fuel cells powered by bacteria. The fuel cells didn’t produce enough current to run any sort of electronic device, but it was enough to send a signal to a computer, starting a conversation between biology and electronics. It seems like a few of the iGEM teams this year are working on the electronic properties of cells as well, pretty cool stuff!
