Juan Enriquez Explains The Biology Revolution At TED 2009 from Keith Kleiner on Vimeo.
Hat tip to the blog Singularity Hub.
In 9 minutes Juan eloquently describes how major disruptive advances are coming to human civilization much faster than people realize.
Off the shelf biological components are being created that allow people to build organisms as if they were building a car or a machine.
Tissues and organs that will someday replace our old ones are being grown in the lab.
Man-made mechanical ears and eyes are on a path to not only match the capabilities of their natural counterparts, but shortly thereafter to exceed them.
We will see more and more news about revolutionary new bio-medical technology. In many way's it's exciting to think about being able to grow new teeth or new knees and cartilage. But there is also the danger misuse, that will turn out to be like an evil genie, which once unleashed, will never be captured again and put back into it's bottle.
