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Subject: the future of technology
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Date: Wed, 28-Oct-87 13:43:00 EST
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In response to Nick Turner's request to move discussion away from 
USSR/UUCP, I would be interested in speculation on the following:

A recent Science News article touted a biomedical breakthrough in which
a mouse had been genetically altered to produce a particular human
protein in its milk.  (I don't recall how it was done; perhaps a 
retrovirus was used).

A lot of uninhibited speculation on the applications of nanocomputers
have ranged from internal chemical robots, to garbage-digesters, to
massively parallel substrate-computers, and so forth.

Could animals be bioengineered to produce nanocomputers?  What
would this ability imply, in terms of applications, risks?

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On another topic, I recently saw a copy of Buckminster Fuller's book
"Synergetics", with a rave review on the cover by (I think) Arthur
C. Clarke.   Could someone who has read this mail me a review? I
am trying to decide if it worth spending a lot of time on.

mike scholtes
Schlumberger Well Services, Austin Systems Center