Artificial Life within 5-10 years.

[RichardE]

Artificial life 'could be created within five years'

London Telegraph
Thursday, March 12, 2009

Laboratories across the world are closing in on a "second genesis" - an achievement that would be one of the greatest scientific breakthroughs of all time.

Prof David Deamer, from California University, said although building a new lifeform from scratch is a daunting task he is confident it can happen in five to 10 years.

He said: "The momentum is building - we're knocking at the door."

A synthetic, made-to-order living system could produce everything from new drugs to biofuels and greenhouse gas absorbers.

Opponents of the controversial research claim the technology could lead to machines becoming "almost human".

But there would be no safety issues for a long time as any initial organisms would be very primitive and need large-scale life support in the lab, reports New Scientist.

The finishing line could be in sight after geneticists Professor George Church and Dr Michael Jewett, of Harvard Medical School, told a synthetic biology conference in Hong Kong that they had synthetically created part of a cell, called a ribosome.

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Interesting....

I need to secure some Scarlett Johanson DNA

 

[JulesMaximus]

Great...like we need more life on this planet.

 

[darkxshade]

Originally posted by: RichardE


Interesting....

I need to secure some Scarlett Johanson DNA

Interesting....

I figured you would get yourself a life first

 

[RichardE]

Originally posted by: darkxshade

Originally posted by: RichardE


Interesting....

I need to secure some Scarlett Johanson DNA

Interesting....

I figured you would get yourself a life first

My feelings...they are now hurt

 

[Kadarin]

Very interesting.

 

[Inspector Jihad]

where are the protesting religious fundies?

 

[Bateluer]

The Singularity is coming.

 

[XZeroII]

5 years later: We've created a new form of life!
5 years, one day later: We don't know how, but it got loose into the wild.
5 years, two days later: ... (everyone is dead)

 

[Farang]

where the fuck is my flying car

 

[RapidSnail]

Originally posted by: RichardE

Originally posted by: darkxshade

Originally posted by: RichardE


Interesting....

I need to secure some Scarlett Johanson DNA

Interesting....

I figured you would get yourself a life first

My feelings...they are now hurt

We can help with that. :evil:

Mwahahaha!

 

[RichardE]

Originally posted by: XZeroII
5 years later: We've created a new form of life!
5 years, one day later: We don't know how, but it got loose into the wild.
5 years, two days later: ... (everyone is dead)

Hmm..new form of life on the horizon...

Soon to be 2012...

* twilight zone music*

 

[destrekor]

Originally posted by: XZeroII
5 years later: We've created a new form of life!
5 years, one day later: We don't know how, but it got loose into the wild.
5 years, two days later: ... (everyone is dead)

sweet. That's a chance I'm willing to take.

I'll find it hilarious if mankind ends up writing their own end.

And...
everyone stock up on zombie defenses. I don't think we'll create zombies, rather we'll end up creating a horde of retarded hungry bastards. Or we'll all just die.
Either way, somebody is going to survive... and we're going to need your zombie defenses and survival kits for when we're roaming around bored, lonely, and in need of entertainment - we'll shoot the lookalikes.