Wednesday 23 march, at 18 hour, in Turin, Honour Hall CRT Foundation, in via XX Settembre,31, NORMAN PACKARD Norman Packard (European Center for Living Technology, Venezia) will keep a lecture, on Complex systems and living technology.

Norman Packard introduced by Michele Caselle (University of Turin - Department of Theorical Physics)


Abstract

The development of complex systems has come to the point of beginning to analyze living systems. Living systems are examples of structured complex processes whose vitality is a form of existence independent of their material substrate. We are beginning to understand complex living systems well enough to design and engineer them, creating a form of "living technology". This presentation will discuss two examples of living technology: an electronic form consisting of the internet and the world-wide-web, and a molecular-cellular form consisting of artificial cells currently being developed.