From: Emlyn (emlyn@one.net.au)
Date: Thu Dec 14 2000 - 19:22:58 MST
Anders wrote:
> Another tidbit I noted: the number of basepairs that can be sequenced
> or synthetized together into strands per day and person appears to
> increase superexponentially right now. I saw some plots comparing it
> to Moore's law, and it was much more dramatic. After listening to
> Craig Venter, I have the feeling that we should look for a biotech
> singularity rather than a nanotech one :-)
>
Isn't that the same thing? I thought the vision was that nanotech would come
out of biotech, particularly the protein folding stuff, as general nanotech
would bootstrap from protein based work?
Emlyn
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