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- actorboy, on 10/18/2007, -2/+37Now see? This is what digg is supposed to be about.
- undersky, on 10/18/2007, -2/+18what? the exploding burning lithium ion battery is not dangerous enough, they are now making virus carrying ones?
- reeder, on 10/18/2007, -2/+16The craziest thing about this is that an old 1989 Iron Man comic predicted the very same thing. What is imagined becomes reality.
- WaterDragon, on 11/12/2007, -2/+15Also in today's news:
Apple builds tiny computers with viruses...in an attempt to capture the Windows-user market share. - WaterDragon, on 10/18/2007, -4/+14And so it begins.
We've been trying to kill viruses for years, and THEY KNOW THAT.
Now we give them batteries, and teach them to build machines.
Their takeover of the world can't be too far off.
I , for one, welcome our new....
Wait ...NO, I DON'T!
What will we do when the viruses start building tiny nano-weapons to fend off our attacks?
That kind of research is just WRONG. - WaterDragon, on 10/18/2007, -0/+9The good news is you can treat a sick computer with the same toxic, ineffective drugs that doctors use to treat you.
- Archon810, on 10/18/2007, -0/+9The only thing I've been able to build with viruses is a pile of napkins... damn you cold season!
- adooga, on 11/12/2007, -0/+9Viruses in these batteries = Humans in the Matrix.
- Goobernutz, on 10/18/2007, -1/+8In other news, laptops running Windows Vista prone to new tiny battery virus. See what I did there?
- lxcid, on 11/12/2007, -0/+6Somehow, this remind me of resident evil.
- absolutroot, on 10/17/2007, -0/+5except your body would be transmitting radio signals. hence it would be easily detectable.
- Alfonzo, on 10/21/2007, -0/+5We will build tiny nano-weapons to fight them!
- thespudmall, on 10/17/2007, -1/+6Watch out! It will leak aids if you use it too long.
- MonarchWastxD, on 10/18/2007, -1/+6Yeah - real stories about the further progress of mankind; not what type of beer or crack Britney likes...
- humpy, on 10/17/2007, -0/+4OH MY LORD, CALL COAST TO COAST AM. I THINK YOU'RE ON TO SOMETHING.
- employeeno5, on 10/18/2007, -0/+4Did anyone actually read this? No one has made a battery out of viruses.
"Now that she can spin viruses into fibers, she envisions threadlike batteries and other electronic devices that can be woven directly into clothing. "It's not really analogous to anything that's done now," she says. "It's about giving totally new kinds of functionalities to fibers."
It's just mentioned as a possible future application of the fiber technologies they're talking about in the article. I swear this entire site is based on headlines and slogans. For a site that the main purpose of appears to be sharing reading material, if often seems like the majority of users here have a complete lack of willingness or an attention span to read even brief, often unsubstantial, news articles. - Zybergod, on 10/17/2007, -0/+4Hey! Wanna see my new virus coat?! Don't run! It's safe, I swear!
- Invalice, on 10/17/2007, -0/+3what happens if you catch one?
- WaterDragon, on 10/17/2007, -0/+3Gives a whole new meaning to the term 'Active-wear.'
- absolutroot, on 10/17/2007, -1/+4i see a microscopic war coming...
- RxDaniel, on 10/17/2007, -1/+4Plus why do you care if the government knows where you are?
- chyya, on 10/17/2007, -0/+3probably know that from experience dont you
- absolutroot, on 10/17/2007, -0/+3if you catch one, it will build tiny machines throughout your body and you will be assimilated into the collective. long live the borg
- MarkOfTheDead, on 10/18/2007, -0/+2Why did you have to be _That_ Guy?
- Archon810, on 10/17/2007, -1/+3your wish is my command.
- webcure, on 10/18/2007, -5/+7Amazing stuff this nanotechnology!
- noahtron, on 10/17/2007, -0/+2oooo i like it :)
except that viruses aren't alive... - Nighthawke, on 10/17/2007, -0/+2*ACHOO!* *poof* Hey, who put out the lights?
- sweetwood76, on 11/12/2007, -0/+2yes, this has potential but did you notice who took the lead in research? the friggin military!
- sifiblog, on 11/12/2007, -0/+1This is a beautiful concept. A new way to build on the nanoscopic scale- invade an arbitrary host species with a "hacked" virus. Then coax only a certain type of cell within the host (i.e. neuron) to create specified building blocks. Nature has invested 1,500,000,000 years finding an optimal design for storing, transferring, and constructing customized units of matter. Why not use the built in mechanisms rather than reinvent the wheel? With further advances in genetic modification, maybe scientists will be able to create a biocircuit.
- PinkyTheWinky, on 02/19/2009, -0/+1Registration is now required to read magazine articles from Technology Review. BURIED
- ekay, on 10/17/2007, -0/+1Well ya you are all in my head anyway
- ripple123, on 10/17/2007, -1/+2Now we just need to design a gene to code for a amd x2. processors the size of cells anyone?
- inactive, on 10/18/2007, -0/+1Great, way to go scientists, now when I catch a cold and sneeze I will shoot lightning bolts across the room
- HayString, on 10/18/2007, -0/+1I care if the government cares to know where I'm at. Why would they care to know something if they had no reason to care to begin with?
No, I'm not some coast to coast conspiracy nut (my dad is tho) But sometimes you just have to ask what the real ulterior motive behind something could be.
That's how Hitler was able to have tons of Jews killed, it's how Pot was outlawed in the US and why it still is, ... I could go on and on - Cyber_Akuma, on 10/17/2007, -0/+1Now if someone sneezes on your PDA you don't know if you should be angry they infected it or happy they recharged it...
- Slimer, on 10/17/2007, -0/+1 that's mean.
- ripstuntz, on 10/17/2007, -0/+1TRANSFORMERS =X
- employeeno5, on 10/18/2007, -0/+1I love how I'm being dugg-down for pointing out that people didn't read the article and the person who didn't read the article is getting dugg-up for exclaiming the virtues that aren't really there. I'm guessing most didn't even read my whole comment nevermind the article. Well, I guess no one likes being embarrassed. More proof that majority of the force behind this site are the willingly illiterate.
- WarPirate, on 10/17/2007, -0/+1Prey by Michael Crichton
- sotopheavy, on 10/17/2007, -2/+2Nothing outlasts herpes. It keeps going and going and going...
Herpes bunny - adooga, on 10/17/2007, -2/+2Why do you ask?
- adooga, on 10/17/2007, -1/+1Wow, I was just in the mood for a bit of spam too.
- themoosejuice, on 10/17/2007, -0/+0careful where you throw them out
- fufuku, on 10/17/2007, -0/+0Reminds me of a Michael Crichton book called Prey.
- inactive, on 10/17/2007, -2/+1Now THIS is news! :D
- ZekeTsurai, on 10/17/2007, -2/+1That just goes to show you that sometimes what people in the days of old predict really happen. Anyone read the book 1984 ? If any of you have, you probably already know that the US is steadily working its way into that kind of civilization. So I don't find it very surprising that someone back from the 80's and further predicted something about the future.
- inactive, on 10/17/2007, -3/+1and now the paranoid androids start commenting. -_-
OMG MACHINEZ TAKIN OVAR TEH WURLD. D:
and stuff.... - employeeno5, on 10/17/2007, -5/+1You mean completely incorrect and misleading headlines? That's an exciting headline that is complete false given the content of the article, which it appears you didn't read either.
I guess digg is supposed to be about headlines and slogans? - inactive, on 10/17/2007, -6/+1The Simpsons already did it?
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