Whitechapel - Pentagon Looks to Breed Immortal ‘Synthetic Organisms,’ Molecular Kill-Switch Included 2013-05-23T18:30:23-07:00 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/ Lussumo Vanilla & Feed Publisher Pentagon Looks to Breed Immortal ‘Synthetic Organisms,’ Molecular Kill-Switch Included http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7709&Focus=218403#Comment_218403 2010-02-05T19:09:02-08:00 2013-05-23T18:30:23-07:00 groundxero http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7299 Pentagon Looks to Breed Immortal ‘Synthetic Organisms,’ Molecular Kill-Switch Included The Pentagon’s mad science arm may have come up with its most radical project yet. Darpa is looking ... Pentagon Looks to Breed Immortal ‘Synthetic Organisms,’ Molecular Kill-Switch Included


The Pentagon’s mad science arm may have come up with its most radical project yet. Darpa is looking to re-write the laws of evolution to the military’s advantage, creating “synthetic organisms” that can live forever — or can be killed with the flick of a molecular switch.

As part of its budget for the next year, Darpa is investing $6 million into a project called BioDesign, with the goal of eliminating “the randomness of natural evolutionary advancement.” The plan would assemble the latest bio-tech knowledge to come up with living, breathing creatures that are genetically engineered to “produce the intended biological effect.” Darpa wants the organisms to be fortified with molecules that bolster cell resistance to death, so that the lab-monsters can “ultimately be programmed to live indefinitely.”



http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/02/pentagon-looks-to-breed-immortal-synthetic-organisms-molecular-kill-switch-included/
]]> Pentagon Looks to Breed Immortal ‘Synthetic Organisms,’ Molecular Kill-Switch Included http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7709&Focus=218411#Comment_218411 2010-02-05T20:13:10-08:00 2013-05-23T18:30:23-07:00 Brendan McGinley http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=93 Oh, Darpa! Seriously, wouldn't it be cheaper just to tweak human beings not to be war-mongering bastards?
Seriously, wouldn't it be cheaper just to tweak human beings not to be war-mongering bastards?]]> Pentagon Looks to Breed Immortal ‘Synthetic Organisms,’ Molecular Kill-Switch Included http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7709&Focus=218416#Comment_218416 2010-02-05T20:51:29-08:00 2013-05-23T18:30:23-07:00 Verissimus http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3379 I like this quote: "“I would love to comment, but unfortunately Darpa has installed a kill switch in me...” We're doomed, aren't we?
We're doomed, aren't we?]]> Pentagon Looks to Breed Immortal ‘Synthetic Organisms,’ Molecular Kill-Switch Included http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7709&Focus=218417#Comment_218417 2010-02-05T20:58:29-08:00 2013-05-23T18:30:23-07:00 thud http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7510 I don't know which idea is scarier! Pentagon Looks to Breed Immortal ‘Synthetic Organisms,’ Molecular Kill-Switch Included http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7709&Focus=218746#Comment_218746 2010-02-07T12:04:32-08:00 2010-02-07T12:04:55-08:00 Verissimus http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3379 arrrgh wrong thread sorry Pentagon Looks to Breed Immortal ‘Synthetic Organisms,’ Molecular Kill-Switch Included http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7709&Focus=218757#Comment_218757 2010-02-07T12:25:09-08:00 2013-05-23T18:30:23-07:00 frequentcontributor http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5064 And then there were the faulty kill switches... "Oh, weird. They've evolved to ignore our human commands. Oops." Pentagon Looks to Breed Immortal ‘Synthetic Organisms,’ Molecular Kill-Switch Included http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7709&Focus=218759#Comment_218759 2010-02-07T12:32:25-08:00 2013-05-23T18:30:23-07:00 oldhat http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=75 Sounds like they are talking out of their non-enhanced asses.