Media, Information and Technoculture 2500A/B Lecture Notes - Nanorobotics, Solar Flare, Reverse Engineering
13 Apr 2013
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O isolate, copy, insert changes the way the genome functions; invasion of host genome: biological property (patented) Biological engineering: synthesize at the chemical level, make synthetic dna, encompasses biology, engineering, chemistry. One you start synthesizing life, government, god get involved. Nanotech: molecular, programmable, swarming, networked technology, biological storage, our building blocks of dna now used as a storage device, bio-printed robot from rat heart cells, literally, biological remix, sensor. Nanorobotics: change people from the inside, if you inject something in to you, it could change you, also means being able to inject something in to you and have the football game projected into your mind. Media and biotech companies working together: called reverse engineering. When you can scan and synthetically produce life: religious, philosophical crises, despair, war, fundamentalism. The gloval digital divide: who evolves and who does not, some nations can evolve and some don"t (natural selection?, who benefits the most? (first few lectures)
