http://www.bioprepwatch.com/news/211929-darpa-to-develop-immortal-organisms
“The project aims to end what Darpa refers to as the ‘randomness of natural evolutionary advancement’ by utilizing the newest biotech knowledge to create the synthetic organisms. Some, however, question the randomness of evolution.”
Hmmm, seems like a bad idea to me. But I guess that could keep Rutger Hauer, from coming back and gouging out your eyes, due to a want of more life. I like the idea of parts that won’t break, but humans rarely have the foresight needed to imagine how things could go wrong. Makes me feel a lil sketchy.
In other news DARPA also has a project for battlefield droids that can refuel off of the organic matter on the battlefield munching up plants etc…
http://www.popsci.com/military-aviation-amp-space/article/2009-09/robots-eat-bugs-and-plants-power