Biocomputation

An interresting article on the promises of technology on the biological field. As usual, Kurzweil has a great insight and clear view of what the future may be.

There's a robotic design for red blood cells by Rob Freitas which he calls respirocytes. A conservative analysis of that indicates that if you replace ten percent of your red blood cells with these devices you could do an Olympic sprint for 15 minutes without taking a breath, or sit at the bottom of your pool for four hours.