Intel, Microsoft, Autodesk Creating Life

[Opcode]

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Using the principles of synthetic biology -- which were only discovered in the 20th century -- Microbial Robotics enables, engineers to mimic natural selection, programming living organisms in a matter of months that takes eons to do in nature. Eventually, it will enable engineers to create living organisms from scratch -- simple organic chemicals -- but for now Microbial Robotics uses existing bacteria and viruses, then inserts their own DNA so that they perform new tasks including clean water, reduce disease, produce non-polluting fuels, create therapeutics and develop new materials.

 

[Sidiox]

Holy shit this is cool

[Paralectic]

Weird and cool at the same time.

[Nup]

Holy crap it is.

[AlwaysFSX]

Let's use it as a game to create a bunch of diseases on a map of the Earth, letting everything slowly get infected and die.

 

[Manny Calavera]

We are doomed.

 

It should be AMD, Linux and Blender.

 

j/k

[Opcode]

Let's use it as a game to create a bunch of diseases on a map of the Earth, letting everything slowly get infected and die.

 

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I was going to add "Skynet is nothing compared to this" to the OP but meh... 

[FakezZ]

Lol bacteria are probably already preparing for an uprising . On a serious note, THIS IS FUCKING AWESOME!!!

[AlwaysFSX]

I was going to add "Skynet is nothing compared to this" to the OP but meh... 

Skynet wouldn't be as fun.

[Opcode]

Skynet wouldn't be as fun.

Unless it's Skynet itself that leverages this technology to create an incurable super virus to wipe out the human race...

 

[AlwaysFSX]

Unless it's Skynet itself that leverages this technology to create an incurable super virus to wipe out the human race...

Imagine if it had a sense of humor with the viruses.

[Makeishura/Taurus Silver]

Let's use it as a game to create a bunch of diseases on a map of the Earth, letting everything slowly get infected and die.

Plague Inc on steam.

[Opcode]

Imagine if it had a sense of humor with the viruses.

Like stages that the human body goes through during manifestation? Like stage 1 would be uncontrollable bowel movements.

[AlwaysFSX]

Like stages that the human body goes through during manifestation? Like stage 1 would be uncontrollable bowel movements.

Exactly.

[Makeishura/Taurus Silver]

Mahou please. Implement psions controlled by the human brain.

[Opcode]

Exactly.

How embarrassing would it be to die with an erection and shit all over the back of your pants.

[AlwaysFSX]

How embarrassing would it be to die with an erection and shit all over the back of your pants.

Not as embarrassing as having an erection on your forehead like you're a unicorn.

[Opcode]

Not as embarrassing as having an erection on your forehead like you're a unicorn.

Seems like they could make it work...

[AlwaysFSX]

Seems like they could make it work...

-snips-

Tombstone could read "unihorny."

[qwertywarrior]

come on when will the zombie apocalypse start its taking forever

[Albatross]

Oh why do I fear this scientific discovery/advancement will most likely be used against us or misused?

[PortentousLad]

We are doomed.

 

It should be AMD, Linux and Blender.

 

j/k

yeah I think there was a Futurama episode on this. It won't end well.

 

 

So, Manny I hear your getting your makeover soon? like tomorrow, excited?

[Tygron]

Not as embarrassing as having an erection on your forehead like you're a unicorn.

Talk about giving head.

Anyway, so... Cool I suppose. Not sure how I feel about micro robots getting into my water or my body, but cool.

[PercySavageEG]

Glad Google isn't on this or else we are doomed for sure. Imagine Google controlling the diseases you might get 

[Bsmith]

Unless it's Skynet itself that leverages this technology to create an incurable super virus to wipe out the human race...

Biological seen not possible, viruses/bacetria always need certains combined to be harmfull, leave one out renders it harmless, adding one can do the same if it intervenes with one of the other genes.

Example:

A virus that creates peneseline(anti bioticum) cant produce it without the ressotant gen against it, but its not possible for it to have genes if im not mistaken. It's always one or the other.

Ontopic:

This kinda reminds me of the plague inc game(steam and phone) im wondering what kind of developments they get out of this in the biotechnological field, should be interesting.

(Biomech's? Borg?)