You know, it's funny. People are always talking about nanotech, and tiny robots and shit. But it always kind of seemed to me that the smaller you made robots, the more like microscopic organisms they'd become.

I feel like once you start to get to that level, there's not a huge difference between biotech and nanotech.

I think it's been about a year now that I've seen and heard a lot more on this subject. I agree with Braak the Wild Boy above. Bacteria have so much potential to fix a lot of the damage we've done to the planet and ourselves. I'd like to augment my immune system with some super stuff.

The only thing that would worry me more about biotech is the greater potential for accidental hazardous mutation. The obvious solution is to stop teaching evolution. Then we can just blame it on the invisible superhero that runs our lives.

Actually, wise-assedness aside, creative biotech seems long overdue. Didn't the Soviet Union work on this type of stuff? Viral bacteriophages in place of antibiotics?

Or teensy little Hermit Crab-like things that have shells made of activated carbon!
Maybe when the carbon is "used up" they could deposit the shells somewhere and then go grab new shells to use.

Not many bacteria are made of metal. It's not proper gray goo until it's made of metal, damnit!