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The mitochondria's electron transport chain could instead be called the electron resistance chain. The magic which enabled multicellular life is there's just the right amount of resistance to extract and transform a little bit of energy as the electrons flow Nick Jikomes, PhD: "The mitochondria are little cells inside of our cells, and they've got two membranes. The inner membrane is like a little wire through which these electrons are flowing from food to oxygen, and the way it flows, and that it flows, that's how energy is getting made." Martin Picard, PhD: "That's how energy is getting transformed." Nick Jikomes, PhD: "Transformed. Yes." Martin Picard, PhD: "You get electrical energy of the electrons flowing, and then through each step in the electron transport chain, which is this a sequence of big protein complexes in the inner membrane of the mitochondria, which are like little folds, and they're so gorgeous. "So as the electrons are flowing through this, they're facing little steps of resistance in the electron transport chain, could be called maybe the electron resistance chain. But this is finely tuned by evolution so that there's just the right amount of resistance for the electrons as they flow, a little bit of energy is extracted, is transformed, and then that is used to pump a proton across the membrane. "So then you're using electrical energy, it gets transformed into this electrochemical gradient, and it's that step of transformation which I think is really the magic of life, and maybe why mitochondria enabled complex multicellular life, right, because then you go from chemical electrical energy, which comes from chemical energy, the food you ate, and then you transform this into this electrochemical charge, which is like a little voltage, which so malleable. Like the degrees of freedom, once you have stored electricity, the degrees of freedom is immense, much more than if you go from like biochemical energy. So that ability to transform biochemical energy into an electrical charge like a voltage potential, then you can power everything, the same way that electricity powers everything in our lives, from computer, phone, light, stove, washer. So we know electricity is versatile. The brain uses that as an energetic modality to integrate information." @MitoPsychoBio & @niroshajmurugan with @trikomes @ 22:14–24:19 (posted 2025-10-29) youtu.be/GiwDfsIgziA&t=…












"AI art is real art!!" "AI can only produce slop!" Enough bickering! It's time to put this to the test. Introducing the Windscribe Animated Production Fest! A contest for human and AI animations to go head to head for a prize pool of $42,000!


FIRST LOOK: Val Kilmer has been resurrected via AI to star in the new movie "As Deep as the Grave." Kilmer was cast in the movie in 2020, five years before his death. But he was too sick amid his throat cancer battle to ever make it to set. Now an AI version of the actor is appearing in the film, with the full blessing of his daughter, Mercedes: "He always looked at emerging technologies with optimism as a tool to expand the possibilities of storytelling. This spirit is something that we are all honoring within this specific film, of which he was an integral part.” “He was the actor I wanted to play this role,” says writer-director Coerte Voorhees. “It was very much designed around him. It drew on his Native American heritage and his ties to and love of the Southwest... His family kept saying how important they thought the movie was and that Val really wanted to be a part of this. He really thought it was important story that he wanted his name on. It was that support that gave me the confidence to say, okay let’s do this. Despite the fact some people might call it controversial, this is what Val wanted.” wp.me/pc8uak-1lH1PI


FIRST LOOK: Val Kilmer has been resurrected via AI to star in the new movie "As Deep as the Grave." Kilmer was cast in the movie in 2020, five years before his death. But he was too sick amid his throat cancer battle to ever make it to set. Now an AI version of the actor is appearing in the film, with the full blessing of his daughter, Mercedes: "He always looked at emerging technologies with optimism as a tool to expand the possibilities of storytelling. This spirit is something that we are all honoring within this specific film, of which he was an integral part.” “He was the actor I wanted to play this role,” says writer-director Coerte Voorhees. “It was very much designed around him. It drew on his Native American heritage and his ties to and love of the Southwest... His family kept saying how important they thought the movie was and that Val really wanted to be a part of this. He really thought it was important story that he wanted his name on. It was that support that gave me the confidence to say, okay let’s do this. Despite the fact some people might call it controversial, this is what Val wanted.” wp.me/pc8uak-1lH1PI



















