>From http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/08/20/artificial.life.ap/index.html
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Around the world, a handful of scientists
are trying to create life from scratch and they're getting closer.
Experts expect an announcement within three to 10 years from
someone in the now little-known field of "wet artificial life."
"It's going to be a big deal and everybody's going to know about
it," said Mark Bedau, chief operating officer of ProtoLife of Venice,
Italy, one of those in the race. "We're talking about a technology
that could change our world in pretty fundamental ways -- in fact,
in ways that are impossible to predict."
Much more on the site.
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Mauro Diotallevi
"Hey, Harry, you haven't done anything useful for a while -- you be
the god of jello now." -- Patricia Wrede, 8/16/2006 on rasfc
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