1. Reconfigurable POEtic Tissuehttp://www.poetictissue.org/ Project start and duration: September 1, 2001, 36 months. IST-2000-28027 POETIC Reconfigurable POEtic Tissue Andy Tyrrell University of York, UK Technical University of Catalunya, E University of Glasgow, UK University of Lausanne, CH Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, CH

2. Reconfigurable POEtic Tissuehttp://www.poetictissue.org/ The goal of the POEtic project is the development of a flexible computational substrate inspired by the evolutionary, developmental and learning phases in biological systems. Objective of the project

3. Reconfigurable POEtic Tissuehttp://www.poetictissue.org/ POEtic Bio-inspiration Phylogeny (P) - Evolution Epigenesis (E) - Learning Ontogeny (O) - Development 0,00,20,1 1,01,21,1 2,02,22,1 Embryonics Evolutionary Computation Spiking NN, Immunotronics

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5. Reconfigurable POEtic Tissuehttp://www.poetictissue.org/ The POEtic tissue will be a cellular surface composed of a variable number of elements, or cells. Each cell of the tissue will have the same basic structure, but will be able to acquire different functionalities, as "totipotent cells" in living organisms. Within such structure, groups of cells will be able to co-operate to realise a given task, giving rise to substructures not unlike organs in living beings. Expected achievement

6. Reconfigurable POEtic Tissuehttp://www.poetictissue.org/ Impact

7. Reconfigurable POEtic Tissuehttp://www.poetictissue.org/ Action that FET might launch Complex Systems Bio-inspired Systems Beyond living artefacts