Word: dna
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...continue buying PCs alongside our handy little mobile Net appliances. But it's also throwing buckets of money at research to make existing versions of Windows better, lighter and cheaper. Meanwhile, its hardware partners are planning a stream of funky little gadgets to seed with Microsoft's DNA. If Mundie has his way, "powered by Windows" will become the selling point for the '00s that "Intel inside...
...first increases the availability of DNA testing to the wrongfully convicted. Eight men have been released from death row and scores more from prison after DNA tests revealed their innocence; many of them were convicted before effective DNA techniques were developed. In some states, however, the prosecution may refuse to release samples for DNA testing after conviction. Many states also have time limits, some as low as six months after conviction, beyond which no new evidence of innocence may be introduced--even though wrongfully convicted inmates are incarcerated for seven and a half years on average before their innocence...
...bill's bipartisan support was underscored by the presence at the announcement of the House version of the bill of Illinois Gov. George Ryan, a death penalty supporter, whose state has exonerated 13 men from death row in the last fourteen years. Several of those men were exculpated by DNA evidence, and Illinois has adopted a law providing for widespread DNA testing. Ryan has also prudently (although belatedly) declared a state moratorium on executions until the system can be reformed...
...forward a few decades, and try out the following screenplay. A bunch of bioinformatics nerds in Silicon Valley, looking for an eye-catching project to showcase the latest IPO, decide to try to re-create the genome of a dinosaur. They bring together a few complete bird genomes--complete DNA texts from the cells of different birds--and start mapping the shared features. The result is a sort of prototype genome for a basic bird...
Remember, at this stage nothing has left the computer; all they have is a DNA recipe. But by the end of this century, if not sooner, biotechnology may have reached the point where it can take just about any DNA recipe and read off a passable 3-D interpretation of the animal it would create. After a massive amount of digital trial and error, the nerds reckon they have a recipe for a creature that would closely resemble a small, running dinosaur like Struthiomimus ("the ostrich mimic"). The rest is as easy as Dolly the sheep: call up a company...