PACE's roadmap to artificial cells for IT technology stress complementation, because this is simultaneously an approach to program desired functionality into artificial cells.
Although complete integration has not yet been achieved, the roadmaps show that major progress has been made and that the direction is now clear : future integrated electronic devices will support cell-like functionality.
Details of teh complementation approach to artificial cells via the omega machine and chemical microprocessors are discussed under Science in the section on microfluidic complementation.