# Hedge 302: Communications in Biological Systems

DevFeed: [Hedge 302: Communications in Biological Systems](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/hedge-302-communications-in-biological-systems-10869.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://rule11.tech/hedge-302/>)

Author: Russ

Published: 2026-04-17T18:18:29Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [rule 11 reader](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/rule-11-reader.md>)

Topics: [networking](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/networking.md>), [Networks](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/networks.md>), [systems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/systems.md>)

Tags: [audio](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/audio.md>), [communications](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/communications.md>), [hedge](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hedge.md>), [networks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/networks.md>), [paper](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/paper.md>), [talk](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/talk.md>)

## AI overview

This podcast episode discusses a recent paper comparing communication in computer networks with communication in biological systems. Emily Reeves and Joe Deweese join Russ and Tom to examine similarities in the problems and tools used by both types of communication systems.

## Source excerpt

What does biology have to do with computer networks? Much more than you might think. Communications systems, after all, need to solve the same problems--and they often use the same kinds of tools. In this episode of the Hedge, Emily Reeves and Joe Deweese join Russ and Tom to talk about a recent paper comparing computer communications to biological communications.