Tuesday, March 30, 2021

5102 - What could go wrong?

Don't worry. What could POSSIBLY go wrong?  




Cornell University engineers have created an artificial material that has three key traits of life — metabolism, self-assembly, and organization. The engineers were able to pull off such a feat by using DNA in order to make machines from biomaterials that would have characteristics of alive things.


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8 comments:

  1. LJMar 30, 2021, 3:49:00 AM

    Mike, does this bring about the possibility that we`re gradually edging ever closer to being able to clone perfect 17 year-old Pauline Hickey replicas whenever we fancy one ? (which for me of course would be 24 hours-a-day for all eternity ! ! !).

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  2. Elephant's ChildMar 30, 2021, 4:23:00 AM

    That is possibly one of the most dangerous questions I know. It invites disaster.

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  3. BilboMar 30, 2021, 5:58:00 AM

    They'll be back.

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  4. MikeMar 30, 2021, 1:54:00 PM

    LJ - Your wish could come true in the near future.

    Sue - Right after 'hold my beer' and 'hey ya'll, watch this'.

    Bill - The self-reproduce is the scary part.

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  5. Mr. ShifeMar 30, 2021, 4:40:00 PM

    We are getting closer and closer to Skynet. I am not scared... yet.

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  6. MikeMar 30, 2021, 7:22:00 PM

    Matt - I forgot all about Skynet. I assume this is the one you are referring to. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SKYNET_(surveillance_program)

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  7. Kathy GMar 30, 2021, 7:28:00 PM

    I don't even want to THINK about the problems this could cause!

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  8. MikeMar 30, 2021, 9:08:00 PM

    Kathy - It would make a great SciFi movie, right? Except it would be REAL!

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