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more about #syntheticbiology more comments → Bress Tess Iz: "That means your DNA could eventually be reprogrammed with a shut down command." It already does: Jack Daniels But seriously, woulndt programmable DNA... more » GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid: Heard about this on NPR Science Friday. Awesome stuff. more » RAHfanboy: Thanks for some great work, Terry. I'm looking forward to your return. more » -
#madscience
Now Your DNA Can Be Used For Machine Parts
We're closer than ever to turning our bodies into computers. A study published this week in Science demonstrates how to turn DNA into a simple counter. That means your DNA could eventually be reprogrammed with a shut down command. More » -
#contest
Final Reminder! Build a Lifeform and We'll Send You to Hong Kong or Give You $1000
You've got until midnight tonight to enter io9's mad science contest to build a new lifeform. Building new lifeforms is the science of the future and therefore you can never have too many garage laboratories and mad scientists devoted to it. That's why io9 is sponsoring a contest to find two of the best synthetic life forms you can design for us. You've had almost two months to build that lifeform, and now the contest deadline looms! You've got until tonight, Aug. 25, at midnight to hand in your contest entry. More » -
#madsciencecontest
Deadline Approaches! Build a Lifeform and We'll Send You to Hong Kong or Give You $1000
io9 wants to encourage mad scientists in every field, but especially in the area of synthetic biology. That's because synthetic biologists are the people who are going to build new life forms, like ligers and unicorns and people with claws and glowing eyes. OK, they might build bacteria that can clean up oil spills and repair damaged kidneys too. The point is, building new lifeforms is the science of the future and therefore you can never have too many garage laboratories and mad scientists devoted to it. That's why io9 is sponsoring a contest to find two of the best synthetic life forms you can design for us. You've had almost two months to build that lifeform, and now the contest deadline looms! You've got until Monday, Aug. 25, at midnight to hand in your contest entry. All the details are below. More » -
#contest
Mad Science Contest: Build a Lifeform and We'll Send You to Hong Kong or Give You $1000
io9 wants to encourage mad scientists in every field, but especially in the area of synthetic biology. That's because synthetic biologists are the people who are going to build new life forms, like ligers and unicorns and people with claws and glowing eyes. OK, they might build bacteria that can clean up oil spills and repair damaged kidneys too. The point is, building new lifeforms is the science of the future and therefore you can never have too many garage laboratories and mad scientists devoted to it. That's why io9 is sponsoring a contest to find two of the best synthetic life forms you can design for us. The winners in our two categories will get either an all-expenses-paid trip to the kickass Synthetic Biology Conference in Hong Kong this October, or $1000 and a chance to have their creature drawn by a cool comic book artist. Find out more below. More » -
