The Future Is Here

[DarkSamus]

Amazing piece of tech to save lives, might even be useful in cosmetic surgery

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Looks utterly disgusting..Ill stick with a real gun

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[cottonvibes]

the future is scary imo.
we gain great technology and power, but we still have idiots in the world that can't handle the power and abuse such things.
we also have scientists that like to "play god" and turn living things into monsters.

although i am happy for our technological advances, i also fear them and people's use of them. we have some ****ed up people in this world; i really hate how corrupt this world is.

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[Phil]

You sounded a bit like Micheal Crichton for a second lol.

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[Smilley]

Originally Posted by cottonvibes

the future is scary imo.
we gain great technology and power, but we still have idiots in the world that can't handle the power and abuse such things.
we also have scientists that like to "play god" and turn living things into monsters.

although i am happy for our technological advances, i also fear them and people's use of them. we have some ****ed up people in this world; i really hate how corrupt this world is.

Slippery slope arguement, innit?
Every piece of technology has the potential of abuse, but we can't live in constant fear of it, or there will be no innovation at all. Where would we be now if people would have said:
"Let's not use fire, it could be used to burn our huts down."
"Scrap the idea of the internal combustion engine, it could be used to power tanks."
"Stay away with electricity! You'd just use it to torture and kill humans."

We already have a multiple overkill (weaponry enough to kill all of humanity), so I say let's try it.
Heck, maybe it will be used primarily responsively, and we can cure terminal diseases and improve the life of the less fortunate.

EDIT: Also, even if the socalled "civilized countries" ban research on subjects based solely on the belief that it could be abused, some countries, probably ones that see it as a strategic advantage, won't have such inhibitions. And I for one would not want to be on the recieving end of some biological weapon just for our scientists to point out: "We can't make a cure, because we banned that kind of research and are now a decade behind."

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Last edited by Smilley; February 4th, 2011 at 09:59..

[Hy-Def]

I agree with your EDIT Smiley.

[Mad]

That's amazing news.

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[Noja87]

Wow thats incredible.

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[Dynamo]

Looks like a step forward from the lab grown skin that they've been working on for quite some time. A lot of these studies revolve around stem cell research. (which I totally agree with) There even getting to the point of growing lesser complex organ tissues and arteries or a digit that isn't susceptible to rejection.



It's progressing pretty quickly.

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Last edited by Dynamo; February 4th, 2011 at 17:19..

[Boltzmann]

Reminds me of a William Gibson quote: "The future is already here – it's just not very evenly distributed."

Still awesome technology, though.

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