DESIGNING & DIGITIZING LIFE [via Nina Reznick]


A fleeting image of a slide at Craig Venter's 2008 TED presentation on synthetic life captures synthetic genomics in a nutshell. The slide shows Synthetic Organism Designer 1.0, a piece of software akin to Will Wright's Spore Creature Creator. Venter's software, however, does not create fantastic imaginary creatures. When finished, it will create the real deal –- replacing all or part of an organism's natural DNA with synthetic DNA designed by humans. Here’s a video of Dr. Venter’s TED presentation:



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