Comments on: DARPA, Venter launch assembly line for genetic engineering

By: gaoptimize

gaoptimize — Thu, 24 May 2012 13:49:16 +0000

If I could, I would have “like”d your comment.

By: gaoptimize

gaoptimize — Thu, 24 May 2012 13:39:01 +0000

Agree that the Singularity appears to be ahead of schedule currently. I wonder if Ray Kurzweil has more detailed roadmaps be field/discipline he is tracking developments against to fine-tune his projections.

By: gaoptimize

gaoptimize — Thu, 24 May 2012 13:36:46 +0000

I’d vote “No” on the open source release of this information until very good anti-virals and anti-biotics come out of this research.

By: melajara

melajara — Wed, 23 May 2012 19:55:11 +0000

Instead of this ridiculous Facebook IPO, I would have loved to see Craig Venter’s company IPO. That is REAL value!

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 23 May 2012 19:45:43 +0000

SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE!!!

By: Razor

Razor — Wed, 23 May 2012 18:16:05 +0000

Just checked down the Award list Harvard, MIT and CalTech – but no Stanford (where Endy is based) – so what happens to the research and the gene building blocks that are discovered – will they be shared with the “open source” Bio-Bricks? I don’t think this is good news for progress.

By: Razor

Razor — Wed, 23 May 2012 17:40:37 +0000

This is interesting timing – as Drew Endy who set up Bio-bricks years ago – had a press release today of his own with news of his DNA computing…I cant see any mention of him involved with this project. His project is “open source” – now I wonder if the DARPA project will be open source too? Hmmm…..

By: Editor

Editor — Wed, 23 May 2012 14:11:17 +0000

… to serve man? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Serve_Man_(The_Twilight_Zone)

By: Conrad Green

Conrad Green — Wed, 23 May 2012 12:28:32 +0000

nice. Singularity is already here…there just buttering us up.