About Koniku
Koniku makes co-processors built from living biological neurons, an approach sometimes called wetware computing. The neurons are engineered with DNA-defined receptors so they respond to specific particles, such as explosives or drugs, and produce an output signal. The company lists uses in airport security screening, drones that detect buried explosive devices, and taste-based quality checks in agriculture. Its website gives its address as Berkeley, California.
Koniku was founded in 2015 and is based in Berkeley, CA, United States. It is listed under DNA & Bio Computing, Neuromorphic Computing.
Compute Technologies
- DNA & Bio Computing
- Neuromorphic
What Koniku works on
DNA & Bio Computing
Biocomputing uses biological material to store or process information. It has two main branches. DNA data storage encodes digital files in the four bases of DNA (A, C, G and T). Biological computing uses living cells or neurons grown in the lab as the computing element.
Neuromorphic Computing
Neuromorphic computing builds chips that copy some features of the brain. Instead of a central processor and separate memory, a neuromorphic chip has many small units that act like neurons, each with its own local memory, joined by connections that act like synapses.
