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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. Gross ... by fak3r · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Obviously they got all the germs from donated used keyboards...Dirty keyboard cause infections in hospitals

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    fak3r.com
  2. let me put it this way by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    If you paint a smiley face on a turd, it's still just a turd with a smiley face.

    That lesson applies both to Microsoft's development tools, and, more importantly, to Microsoft's attempts to make software development "easy". Those people that know how to develop don't need this trash, and those that don't won't be helped by it.

  3. Ya wanna know what's really interesting? by TrebleJunkie · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    All this neat stuff we can do, and we *still* dismiss intelligent design as a possibility.

    *chuckle* That's really interesting. Sad and funny, but interesting.

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    Ed R.Zahurak

    You know, oblivion keeps looking better every day.

  4. pr0n applications by Randall_Jones · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Maybe now there will finally be pornographic images of high enough resolution to meet my refined tastes.

  5. ALL HAIL by BEETROOT · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    his lord Flying Spaghetti Monsters glorious noodly appendages.