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I wonder if we'll be able to 3D print WMD or very dangerous things one day. Viruses for instance?
by yodsanklai 12y ago
I wonder if we'll be able to 3D print WMD or very dangerous things one day. Viruses for instance?
- Crito 12y agoThe ability to synthesize arbitrary chemicals is unlikely to come from 3d printers. Significant developments there will be seen coming a long way off in university laboratories, with equipment advertised in places like Nature.
- toomuchtodo 12y agoThat's what is so silly about this. Anyone soon will be able to SLS (laser sinter) guns at home. How many people can you kill with a gun? 50? 100? 200? What happens when I'm able to build viruses and bacteria at home with openly available DNA sequences?
- bbcbasic 12y agoSo normally law abiding people suddenly become murderers because a 3D printer can produce a gun?
- toomuchtodo 12y agoNo, that risk is an inherent part of being alive, and that restrictions crafted should carefully be considered.
- rcpt 12y agoSomewhat related is the recent controversy about whether or not to publish a paper that shows how easy it is to produce a variant of avian H5N1 influenza that can spread between mammals: http://www.nature.com/news/mutant-flu-paper-published-1.10551 http://www.nature.com/news/mutant-flu-paper-published-1.1055...
- A_COMPUTER 12y agohttp://openpcr.org/ http://openpcr.org/ You can replicate DNA with this.