Living Photos Use Bacteria as Pixels

BrainBlogger writes "Scientists at UC San Francisco have engineered bacteria to create living photographs that weigh in at 100 megapixels per square inch. The photos were created by projecting light on "biological film" -- billions of genetically engineered E. coli growing in dishes of agar."

Not surprising

[roman_mir]

Living Photos Use Bacteria as Pixels ...
Nothing for you to see here. Please move along.
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Can't see nothing with those bacteria sized pixels!

Respect life

[Anonymous Coward]

That bacteria has every much of a right to life as you! Boycott anti-bacteria soap and walking!

Who do some people think they are--the pinnacle of creation, or something?

Hmmm.

[cocoamix]

So that's what an intelligently designed life-form looks like.

Mmm.

[dslauson]

Who wants to be the first to flip through my E.coli scrapbook?

Remember....

[TeaQuaffer]

To wash your hands and don't touch your face after using your camera.

Ecoli coating

[Belseth]

Great, now you can get Montezuma's Revenge from a photo.

dirty pictures

[hosecoat]

so now there is a new kind of dirty picture. The internet will thrive!

E. coli!? What happens if...

[GecKo213]

...my child gets a hold of the negatives and eats them? E. coli poisoning!? No thank you!

Obligatory Jokes

[thewiz]

That picture of you will really grow on someone!
Watch as the eyes of the picture really do follow you around the room!
E. Coli never looked so beautiful!

Re:*Ducks*

[evil agent]

That photo sure grows on you doesn't it?

Yeah, it's so life-like.

Using E.Coli as pixels?

[Stonent1]

That's pretty shitty.

Just in time for Christmas...

[Anonymous Coward]

In A.D. 1, Christianity was beginning...
Roman Commander: What Happen?
Centurion: Somebody set up us the cross.
Centurion: We get new religion.
Roman Commander: What!
Roman Commander: It's Jesus!
JC: How are you children?
JC: All your cross are belong to Jesus.
JC: You are on your way to political upheaval.
Roman Commander: What you say?
JC: You have no chance to survive make your Empirical Dominion.
JC: Ha Ha Ha Ha...
Centurion: Commander!
Roman Commander: Move Executions!
Roman Commander: For Great Rome!

Re:Ecoli coating

[nizo]

Plus now you really can go blind from looking at naughty pictures.

Beware

[Profcrab]

"Mooooom, the picture of Billy is eating Billy."

I have a cold

[Linker3000]

AAAAAaaaaaTTTTCHHHHHHHHHHHOOOO

Hey, my 24 exposure roll of 35mm film just became 26 exposures!!

Re:Students discovery?

[websaber]

The Flying Spaghetti Monster http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Spaghetti_Mons ter [wikipedia.org] appears in living material and you attribute it to "Science" and "Bio-business". He is talking to us and we are just to cynical to listen. For shame. We must fight for the minds of tommorow or there is no hope.

Scientists create "chemical image" with molecules

[GrahamCox]

Scientists have announced that they have managed to create a gigapixel per square inch "light sensor" using only silver halide molecules coated onto a transparent plastic substrate. On exposure to light, some molecules change state by dissociating into pure silver. Exposure times of just a few milliseconds were all that were needed. This image is not visible to the naked eye, but can be "developed" using chemical processing to amplify the image to make it visible. The final image can be then fixed and rendered no longer light sensitive by bleaching out the remaining halides. The image is then rendered permanent. With its vastly higher resolution than ordinary digital CCD sensors, scientists are hailing the discovery as a breakthrough for creating ultra-high resolution images. They have also speculated that by creating a sandwich of light sensitive layers and colour filters, colour images could be recorded by the same process. The only question is, is the usual digital imaging that we have all grown used to doomed by this new process?

Re:Hmmm.

[Yocto Yotta]

That, you heathen, is the image of Jesus' father. Get with the times.

12 to 15 hours of exposure :)

[carlmenezes]

smile...
keep smiling...
*15 mins later*
keep smiling....
*half an hour later*
keep smiling...DON'T MOVE!
*3 hours later*
keep smiling...I SAID DON'T MOVE. I DON'T CARE IF YOU'VE GOT CRAMPS!!
*8 hours later*
hey! we need your eyes open! you can't fall asleep! and SMILE!
*12 to 15 hours later*
there! all done! Your living photograph is ready.
Now let's start on the family portrait now that you've had some practice.