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Boffins work out how to build a self-replicating computer
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Age of Intel, Nvidia and AMD will be past


Boffins armed with white boards and slide rules claim it is possible to build a self-replicating computer that replaces silicon chips with processors made from DNA molecules.

Boffins store a short French railway movie on DNA
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Gotta keep the RNA amused

A team of boffins took time out from their busy schedule of sewing human ears onto mice to store a 1895 French film, "Arrival of a train at La Ciotat" onto a piece of DNA.

Apple wants your DNA
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Thursday, 07 May 2015 12:50

Apple wants your DNA


We offered to spit at them

Fruity cargo cult Apple is asking its followers for their DNA.  We thought it might be for some medieval black magic, or to work out if stupidly handing out money for overpriced gadgets was genetic.