The Self-Assembly Line : When the Pieces Put Themselves Together

[sravfeyn]

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/11/when-the-pieces-put-themselves-together/?ref=technology&gwh=BAE73DD8827E3028E55A1B8C8ECE93F6

[sravfeyn]

Here's a Video demo http://vimeo.com/38067834

I couldn't find much information on how that happens!

[sp332 → sravfeyn]

Magnets.

[sravfeyn → sp332]

Obviously not! That would be kind of mechanical then, and it had nothing to Molecular Biology

[sp332 → sravfeyn]

From the article: Those toys are based on biological forms — an enzyme, a protein, a virus — and are made up of four, eight, or 12 plastic parts with tiny magnets inside. The shape in the video clearly uses magnets to assemble.