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Living Photos Use Bacteria as Pixels

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the your-pictures-growing-old-with-you dept.

BrainBlogger writes "Scientists at UC San Francisco have engineered bacteria to create living photographs that weigh in at 100 megapixels per square inch. The photos were created by projecting light on "biological film" -- billions of genetically engineered E. coli growing in dishes of agar."

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  1. Hail Thy Holy Noodley Appendage! by Bananatree3 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I have seen His Holiness himself! Bacteria in the form of Him?!? This most certainly is the work of Thy Holiness! How else could this be possible? Most certainly His own work. These students have been Touched by his Noodely Appendage! (faints)

  2. Original link please by caseih · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Where I can I find the original story? This is interesting to me, but I'd rather not be maniupulated into driving traffic to some blog site like Mr. Roland Piquepaille likes to do (haven't seen any of his posts in a while, thank goodness). Not trying to troll here.