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> It is not clear to me how being able to design a small combinatorial logic circuit would directly help a potential bioterrorist. By advancing this technolog
by justsaysmthng 11y ago
> It is not clear to me how being able to design a small combinatorial logic circuit would directly help a potential bioterrorist.
By advancing this technology.
I assume (hope) we're not yet capable of spitting out DNA out of a USB synthesizer.
But given the speed with which technology evolves, it wouldn't be too wild to speculate that 10 or 20 years from now this might become possible.
- Turing_Machine 11y ago"I assume (hope) we're not yet capable of spitting out DNA out of a USB synthesizer." Nope. They're off-the-shelf devices. There's even a used market: http://www.labx.com/dna-synthesizers http://www.labx.com/dna-synthesizers
- daughart 11y agoIt would be really hard to synthesize something of any significant size using these instruments.