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Your food has… software?!

Started by Philippe Bradley · 1 year ago

Thought for the day: the genome of a cell is its software. “Mad” scientists like CJ. Venter are already finding out how to ‘install linux’ on bacterial ‘hardware’ by swapping out its own chromosome with that of another bacteri ... Continue reading »

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  • Philippe Bradley

    1 year ago

    in fact perhaps an even better way would be to upgrade your plants' software with a good plant retrovirus: a little transporter of DNA (or RNA) that can pump the DNA into a plant cell and have it rewritten into your crops' software.
    If you pattern your crops with a unique molecular signature (a security key), and the good retrovirus is programmed to just recognise that signature, that would ensure that your neighbour's breakfast algae flakes don't suddenly start tasting of vanilla or give him so much carotene that he wakes up orange!
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  • Carlosrb

    1 year ago

    Sweet post. I've seen some articles claiming that the future of agriculture is "vertical-farms" (farms in high rises), and that is somewhat in line with what you posted too:
    More production on smaller land areas; more control; higher yield; and yes, the ability to "upgrade" food quickly.
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  • Philippe Bradley

    1 year ago

    There's certainly a lot of room/potential for innovation in the micro-/p2p agriculture sphere, however it really doesn't fit into our current society and infrastructure, so I suspect if it does happen, we'll see it coming from South America or Asia (maybe the African continent) - whichever is the most innovative/least reliant on developed countries for urban/social planning direction
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