Synthetic DNA About To Yield New Life Forms 240
mlimber sends along a Washington Post story about the immanence of completely artificial life: "The cobbling together of life from synthetic DNA, scientists and philosophers agree, will be a watershed event, blurring the line between biological and artificial — and forcing a rethinking of what it means for a thing to be alive... Some experts are worried that a few maverick companies are already gaining monopoly control over the core 'operating system' for artificial life and are poised to become the Microsofts of synthetic biology. That could stifle competition, they say, and place enormous power in a few people's hands."
Obgl. (Score:0, Funny)
it's tyrell's fault (Score:1, Funny)
Yeah, but this will only become a problem in the year 2019, and probably only in Los Angeles.
Car of the future (Score:5, Funny)
[broken image]
Figure I. SCHEMATIC.
Modified design for a low-pH respiratory engine. 1) monobasic phosphate buffer tank. 2) ADP-GDP reservoir. 3) primary ADP-GDP feed line. 4) NAD/FAD reservoir. 5) pyruvate feed line. 6) Deinococcus culture chamber. 7) ADP-GDP return line. 8) NADH-FADH2 return line. 9) pasteurizer. 10) sodium-potassium pump. 11) NaCl/KCl reservoir. 12) actin filament membrane. 13) myosin-hydroxyapetite cylinder. 14) axle. 15) flywheel. 16) dilute H3PO4 reservoir. 17) intake port. 18) myosin generator. 19) proton pump. 20) ATPase membrane. 21) secondary ATP feed line. 22) electrophoresis cartridge. 23) pH regulator. 24) UV sterilizer. 25) transmission. 26) +12VDC battery. 27) radiator coil assembly. 28) CO2 exhaust vent. 29) fan. 30) phosphate return line. 31) brake assembly. 32) generator. 33) amylase generator. 34) glycolysis chamber. 35) fibrolytic culture chamber array. 36) microcontroller. 37) compost chamber. 38) thresher. 39) lid. Cit. L. Xu et al, Cellulosic Artificial Muscle Engines (2057), Biomech. Eng. Letts. 21 599-612
Pfftt... (Score:3, Funny)
SPORE hype...
DMCA (Score:2, Funny)
In other news.. (Score:2, Funny)
Roman Catholic Church cites Genesis in Prior Art claim.....
Re:Car of the future (Score:2, Funny)
Let me try.
Figure I. SCHEMATIC: #32 Hot Woman.
Re:it's tyrell's fault (Score:3, Funny)
Re:not jsut DNA (Score:2, Funny)
Re:theologian's typo? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Not completely artifical (Score:3, Funny)
flexibility.
Re:Not completely artifical (Score:1, Funny)
For the average slashdotter... (Score:3, Funny)