… Along the way, it will become clear that the machines we design and build are not robots in
… dealing with living machines and how to evolve them. We call these machines biomorphs (…

… Aside from useful living machines for specific functions, the rational design and analysis of
new, coherent anatomies will greatly increase our understanding of foundational questions in …

… and functional plasticity into a self-directed living machine has remained a major challenge.
We … living machines for numerous practical applications in biomedicine and the environment. …

… company oªcials, and even veterinarians—as a living machine. This is not to say that these
… The significance of the horse as a “living machine” was emphasized for us by the excellent …

" Entertaining and prescient… Hockfield demonstrates how nature’s molecular riches may
be leveraged to provide potential solutions to some of humanity’s existential challenges."—…

… Can we use living nature like LEGO bricks for construction our machines? How can biology
… Can we use living nature like LEGO bricks for construction of our machines? How can biolo…

… Living machines will change all of our technologies with equivalent … Living machines will
invade the fabric of our everyday lives. There are three thrusts to trying to build living machines. …

… with a form of living machine. … idea of living machines as described at the beginning of this
article. The wall-e robot would ideally be similar to machines concerning his origin and living …

… living machine … -living machine and the living machine in that both have evolutionary
histories even though these are of different kinds. In tracing the evolution of the non-living machine …

… living machines metaphor builds upon a certain perception of life entailing an idea of radical
human control of the living … the dominant metaphor of living machines and its implied control …