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Interesting, did anyone ever try to massively analyze DNA by collecting, I don't know, hairs or used cutlery or other waste that contains DNA?
by hkai 7y ago
Interesting, did anyone ever try to massively analyze DNA by collecting, I don't know, hairs or used cutlery or other waste that contains DNA?
- mcculley 7y agoThis is an inevitable future. Adtech and martech companies already pay for customer data. Why would they not set up ways to gather this data?
- mr_overalls 7y agoThe premise of the film Gattaca (1997) is slowly coming true. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119177/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119177/
- 52-6F-62 7y agoShoot! Yes! My partner showed me a story about this recently where a person reconstructed potential faces from DNA collected from discarded cigarette butts, hair, and other items. They used the faces in an art display. I’ll see if I can find it but I’m not confident— Edit: found it easier than I thought: https://www.cnn.com/2013/09/04/tech/innovation/dna-face-sculptures/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2013/09/04/tech/innovation/dna-face-scul... This is a privacy matter, I think. It seems haphazard to allow this kind of thing wantonly...
- DanBC 7y agoThis? https://edition.cnn.com/2013/09/04/tech/innovation/dna-face-sculptures/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/2013/09/04/tech/innovation/dna-face-...