It definitely comes straight out of sci-fi at least. In the original Deus Ex, I think when you first break into the Versalife offices in Hong Kong, you can over

It definitely comes straight out of sci-fi at least. In the original Deus Ex, I think when you first break into the Versalife offices in Hong Kong, you can overhear an employee talking about their universal constructors (basically 3d printers that work at the atomic level). The employee mentions one of his friends created Conway's Game of Life with buckyballs. Edit: nevermind it's a Versalife employee at a nearby bar/club, not in the offices themselves.