[tt] [Hplusroadmap] Automated DNA synthesizer article

[Eugen Leitl]

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From: Bryan Bishop <kanzure at gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2008 21:38:47 -0600
To: Transhumanist Technical Roadmap <hplusroadmap at heybryan.org>
Subject: [Hplusroadmap]  Automated DNA synthesizer article
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Hi all,

One of the main components of the biokit is the equipment to generate 
and render new sequences of DNA. On the wiki, I have described the 
majority of the required components to make all of this happen-- what 
chemicals to buy, where you can get them, or how to make them on your 
own with enough nines to make things work out in the end (there's lots 
of nine-linking going on, so watch out if you totally do it homebrew). 

Tentatively, I'd say that the page looks fairly complete (albeit 
disorganized), with all of the necessary steps and it gives enough of 
an idea as to what a final machine should look like. I would like to 
hear comments from those more experienced in oligo syntheses first 
before I put an official stamp on it and start going into a clean-up 
mode (the page is optimized for "research mode" at the moment).

http://biohack.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/DNA_synthesizer

In the broader context of the roadmap, imagine yourself editing your own 
DNA, growing a clone, which then learns and becomes somewhat 
intelligent, and then repeats this recursion/revisionism. I am sure 
this has lots of fun correlations with the singinst guys.

- Bryan
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