January 2008
Intermediate to advanced
624 pages
15h 44m
English
Kim S. Cameron
The technology currently exists to put the equivalent of a full-size computer in a wristwatch, or to inject the equivalent of a laptop computer into the bloodstream. The newest computers are relying on etchings onto molecules instead of silicone wafers. The mapping of the human genome is probably the greatest source for change, for not only can a banana now be changed into an agent to inoculate people against malaria, but the potential to develop new human organs and to regulate physiological processes in ways previously unimagined promises to dramatically alter population life styles. Over 100 animals have been patented to date, ...
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