Could it be that instead of ancient DNA........

[Dino_Slayer]

Humanity would someday be able to rather create artificial life that mimics prehistoric lifeforms? It is clear that creating an animal from original DNA is completely impossible because none of that DNA from any dinosaur specimen could survive millions of years. The best we can do is extract some very few, badly contaminated proteins from the tissue that was uncovered from a T-Rex fossil. My vision is that, in the future, scientists could take laser scans of fossils skeletons of, lets say, a sauropod, or an Allosaurus, piece by piece, put the parts together in a computer to form a full skeleton, use that skeleton model as a base to create the muscles and all the other inner organs down to the last bit of scails in the creature's skin in a digital simulation, and then raise this mimick in the real world by making a DNA strand with the code based on the simulation model? This could, infact, be what could happen probably 2-5 hundred years from now, knowing that were just beginning to understand the behaviour of genes. And it wouldn't just be limited to dinosaur like beings. Imagine someone creating a replica of a known cartoon, movie or a video game character. *shudders at the thought of Jar Jar Binks*

What do you think of this?

[SSJDinoTycoon42]

in theory (for now) it does seem plausible

once we learn which specific codes do what, we could use that information to design the creature we want to create and/or recreate.


aw come on...leave Jar-Jar alone... /tongue.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":P" border="0" alt="tongue.gif" />

[lilgamefreek]

Then again, we have a long way to go before we can unzip DNA

[Tyrannis]

That's dream, the ability to manipulate DNA any way we want and know exactly what it will do.

[Dino_Slayer]

I wouldn't be so sure about that, Tyrannis. I mean, many things, like flight, seemed impossible for man to do before airplanes were actually invented. Truth truly is stranger than fiction.

As I said, it may quite likely take over five hundred years to really learn to manipulate DNA. All we have right now are robots that are currently in insect level when talking about intelligence and abilities. All I'm saying is that, someday in the distant future, someone may be able to create an artificial Jurassic Park.

[chase]

I Have no backing for this statement, but, I think were closer to things like that than 5 or even 3 hundred years, as fast as the world is changeing, In our life time, I beleive every thing will be interactive, (like your actually there) Just look at how much has happened in the last hundred years its incredible to think that 115 years ago there were no cars and now there's air planes, and rockets and space FLIGHT (shuttles) plans to go to mars.. just things that you would of never even thought of say... 60 yrs ago it's incredible, It seemes like when ever some thing is thought up now adays with in 10 to 15 years it accomplished! any who "IT COULD HAPPEN"

[Tyrannis]

Oops, I was agreeing with you actually. I meant to say "That's the dream" just missed a word. I can't wait for it to happen and I'm thinking it'll be within the next 2 centuries that it's goign to happen

[nissin]

Well, its quite a thought (kinda lets your imagnation go a little wild too). We can't underestimate our technology today. I mean, in the past 50 years or so, we've come quite a way. If we are sucessful with the DNA thing any time soon, we might be lucky to actually see all the above. Then again, we're always coming up with new things in science/technology these days..., so you never know what might happen in the next... say, 20-60 years time...?
I have a feeling Japan will come with this kinda stuff first... /dry.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="<_<" border="0" alt="dry.gif" /> lol

[Tyrannis]

Hey you're the closest one to there that I know.

[nissin]

As in distance between Japan and New Zealand...?