SCHOLTES%ASC@sdr.slb.COM ("SCHOLTES%ASC@SDR.SLB.COM") (10/28/87)
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? ---------- 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