Open Source Biology and Its Impact on Industry
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The product of intentional biological design and manufacture, pages for books and magazines will be grown like leaves, according to Robert Carlson, a research fellow at The Molecular Sciences Institute in Berkeley, Calif. He was offering his opinion in an essay in IEEE Spectrum that looked ahead to biological technology in the year 2050.
A page will not look like a leaf, but it will be designed for its function, and it will be alive, said Carlson. Rather than being always green, the cells on its surface will contain pigments controlled by the action of something akin to a nervous system. Like the skin of a cuttlefish, the cells will turn color to form words and images as directed by a connection to the Internet of the day.
The essay goes on to describe the industrial infrastructure that will be needed to make such biological products a reality--and why Carlson believes it will become a reality.
Contact: Alfred Rosenblatt, 212 419 7550, [email protected].For faxed copies of the article ("Open Source Biology and Its Impact on Industry" by Robert Carlson, IEEE Spectrum, May 2001, pp. 15-17) or to arrange an interview, contact: Nancy T. Hantman, 212 419 7561, [email protected].
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