Organics: Digital or Analog Technology?

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I have explained what I think digital and analog technology is. How digital technology has a major weakness and how we need to keep using and making analog technology. There is another more natural technology which is essential to life: organics.

Organics represents any item, object or life form that is completely natural or uses some sort of molecular coding (DNA, etc.). Like all technology organics serves a purpose and either helps us with daily tasks or makes daily tasks possible.

This may be hard to understand or comprehend but your body is an example of organic technology. When I try to explain this concept to others they find it weird. In a way it is as the typical examples of technology are all man made. But why couldn't humans be an example of technology? If technology is any item or object that helps or performs a daily task then all of your organs are example of technology. Your heart beats bold which is essential in supplier you body with minerals, oxygen and heat. Your lungs help you breathe in oxygen which in turn keeps the rest of your organs functional. As I mentioned in a previous post your brain could be compared to a CPU. It processes all of your bodily functions and makes you who you are. The human body may not be made directly by humans but it is indeed technology.

So what other kinds of organic technologies are there? Well of course all animals including mammals, insects, fish, birds, etc. are examples. Plants also serve as examples. Most plants make it possible to have a steady and clean supply of oxygen which helps other life forms survive. Plants also serve as food or control smaller insect populations. Bacteria is a simple example of organics. Though they perform singular functions they are essential in fighting some viruses or disease. They also help decay organic material giving the materials back to earth and ready to be used by other life forms.

Now that I have given you some idea of what organic technology the question is does it relate more to analog or digital technology? Both analog and digital technology are man-made. The difference between the two is that digital technology makes use of the binary number system and analog technology does not. Some of the examples (animals and insects) have a processor (brain) and biological system to help create and use that technology (DNA, nervous system). In this way organic technology should be compared to digital technology.

The other examples I gave (plants and bacteria) should be compared more to analog technology. Plants and bacteria don't have a brain or processor. When these technologies are created their task is usually simple in comparison to animals and insects, and they only do that one task with no way to reprogram their structure. Though the difference is not clear cut as digital and analog technology plants and bacteria do lean more towards the analog category.

There are some other possible of organic technology that I will explain in my final post of this series. These examples are currently science fiction but show organics could evolve and help us overcome current limitations.

In my next post I am going to talk about quantum technology or technology that harnesses the power of atoms and molecules. Look out for The Possibilities of Quantum Technology to learn more!

 Bye for now, Superskull85 - The Dark Skull