Synthetic Life

[GuyLakeman]

man messed with nuclear power ... read the history of the early "unforeseen" mistakes - learning?

Research for the good of mankind or is it called greed and money ? From agriculture through industrialisation through nuclear it was money ... and now genetics and nanotechnology ... money ??? who is funding this ??? "the people" for "the people" ??? or the elite for the elite ... "the people" certainly have had their money homes and possessions taken from them so its not them!

[alienisuntverus]

Man plays with fire-civilization

Man messes with crops-agriculture

Man captures animals-domestication

Man fools around with lightning-modern technology

Man messes with DNA-vaccinations

Man creates life-

We've always been messing with the world around us in ways that, at the time, seemed like it would be the end of man. Yet, the more we tweek our surroundings, the more benefits we get. I say let them make the cells and we'll see what happens.

[hootyhaha]

About a year ago on Discovey Science or Nat. Geo. there was a show like BRINK, Sci-Fi Science. There was a segment in the sow that talked about how making food in a computer or other object (just like in the jetsons) would be a possibility very soon because they did it. They made a very simple food pattie using a computer. They also made a very elementary mechanical object. Thy pulled out of this microwave looking box. And it was all programmed, the computer sythesized atoms in their place.

[JonBj2]

IT'S ALIVE!!!

[miniontemple]

Anyone know where I can watch this? I missed it the other day.

[pcdsgh]

@miniontemple this is the full version: (related videos)

/watch?v=JdGRITKYZTQ

although you might have seen it already.

[erik616berg]

How much do you think it cost Venter to get this infomercial on the air? Definitely not Nova, more like a product launch press conference...

[VCSandARM]

40 minutes! Soon I'll see it!!! w00t

[ShawnRavenfire]

We're going to create a new race, and they'll take over. Eventually, they'll forget we ever existed. Then they'll get into a debate amongst themselves about whether or not they were intelligently designed by a creator. Freaky. :-p

[DiosanXaquerry]

@ShawnRavenfire WOW !!!! thats deep !!!!

[amoogashane]

I think the most productive use of this, is to make it so we could survive the gravity differences on the moon, or even mars. Or possibly just underwater.

[visitor44534]

this is gonna end up like that new movie splice thats coming out

[vivalaresistanc]

So, in the future, could we say we could make a new life form to give us blow jobs? no?

[Happylilshroom]

We can build literaly anything now that this step has been taken... From 100% transplantable organs.. to new bodys.. to Life forms created 100% to live survive and maintane life of this planet as we develop more! Think of it..  we could even engineer areselfs to breath NOX hahahahah WOOO

or mabye it thill be like "I am legend"

[teamramrod456]

@Happylilshroom your right we can build anything with synthetic dna, any type of animal that can possibly be imagined can be made with synthetic dna. any organ, brain cells, zombie cells etc.

[Kirbiiable]

@teamramrod456 ... Zombie cells... What does the future hold for this world? ...

[teamramrod456]

@Kirbiiable hey you know you want a zombie apocalypse...who doesnt?

[navioner]

so wen da synthetic life goes wrong are zombies ganna glomp us for our brains?

[swcnut]

finally I can have a smaller penis cus the one i have right now is 18inch long and 20lb and makes me passout when i get an erection

[NoxNoctisUmbra]

Synthetic chickens here we come!

[wanton360]

Dude, that's actually scary, I mean soon, spiderman will live on the bottom floor of your apartment and bat man will be some hobo with a mask and a fancy belt. The new age is coming and ready or not, no one knows what the hell is going on.

[canada995]

take that GOD

[MrDaewonsDonuts]

#WIN

[jsbach15]

Gotta watch this one!

[ooglebydoogleby]

Its a must see

[FluffyFeralMarmot]

Awesome! We can't roll back the clock and undo all the environmental damage that technological advancements have caused, but technology can and must be part of the solution.

[DealGuide]

Life would have been sooo awesome had we only been born 150 years later *lol

[MangaFreak2000]

"This is technology that could literally save the planet" Yeah and it's also technology that could literally destroy the planet.

[cerealk53]

I love science.

<3

[thebest852]

@cerealk53 Same here science and math are my favorite

[stormy001]

It can be very beneficial but the destruction it can brings also mind boggling. Are we wise enough to handle this Sword of Damocles?

[miesrah12]

@stormy001 as long the scientists are not terrorists im fine

[KinguNoKin]

FUCKING AWESOME! Food for my brain ~{}~

[bamboo4tameshigiri]

Please stream this online!

[vivalaresistanc]

I don't understand what thils synthetic life will do for me. Anyone care to explain?

[KnightOfDaFunk]

@vivalaresistanc maybe you should watch the show?

[daveyman54321]

@vivalaresistanc

nothing right now. but this is the first step towards the creation of things like synthetic human organs, food, etc. (possibly increasing our lifespans dramatically) not to mention countless other things this could lead to.

[ShutUpMomImOnMSN]

@vivalaresistanc We can make new life forms that, for example will kill desieses, clean our houses and stuff like that. The possibilities is almost infinite.

[MrDaewonsDonuts]

hmm

[VCMates]

This has got to be one of the most significant breakthroughs that we have been able to witness in our lifetime.

[littleboyred1]

@VCMates yeah. more germs.

[VCMates]

@littleboyred1 glass half empty, glass half full :)