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Synthetic Biology: Designing a “Metaphysical” Chicken

Rachel Armstrong

Ethical Technology

July 11, 2012

The ultimate design material is one that understands what it is to become. By way of an example, I’d like to think about how we might design a chicken.

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Posted by SHaGGGz on 07/13 at 05:46 AM

I propose we build a robot chicken and nominate Seth Green to spearhead the initiative.

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