Printing with DNA.

Alex

Japanese company Ko-sin Printing has developed a printing process that allows you to incorporate your DNA into the ink used to print a book.

Once DNA is extracted from a human (or animal) hair or nail sample provided by the author, it is blended with a special ink and used in the printing process. Ko-sin has already put the technology to use in some self-published autobiographies whose title pages are printed with ink that includes the author’s DNA. Mixing DNA in with the ink does not alter the appearance of the page, the company says.

Ko-sin also claims it is possible to extract genetic information from materials printed using this process. When the company sent a sample page to a DNA laboratory, the lab technicians were able to isolate and extract the DNA from the page.

Link - Thanks Hsien Lei!


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This makes perfect sense for Auto Biographers

As DNA technology evolves - an author could in fact give permission for a direct family member - generations from now - to abridge the book with new information about the families genetic heritage - along with the map of the stored DNA information.

or Extremely popular Authors could have a few first pressings, collectors editons of their book with the DNA ink

It would just add an additional element of high value and mystique to the book
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If I could do this, I'd rock.

However, I have the coordination of a banana, so I don't think I would be very good at this.

I think these dancers are amazing and there are more lindy-hoppers today than you might think.
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*heh* I happened to have my iPod on and just watching the video and the song that started at exactly the same time I hit play on this video was the Beastie Boys Body Movin' Fatboy Slim remix (that's the one they use in the Body Movin' video) and it was remarkable well they synced up.
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Impressive! Lots of elements of everything from breakdancing to swing in there.

It would surprise me if that wasn't sped up at least a little bit. Definitely doesn't look quite natural.
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Not sped up, I've seen people do almost the same routine real-life :)

Black people were allowed to have short little skirts in those days. They didn't need to keep themselves decent, apparently.

Look up "lindy hop" or "swing dancing" on Youtube and be amazed :D There's lots of us lindyhoppers and swing dancers the world over!
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Oh, that's definitely not sped up. The guy in the bib overalls is Fankie Manning, who still teaches lindy workshops at 94. I took one last spring. What an interesting guy. He and his friends there basically invented most of the lindy moves. Here's his website if you want more info: http://www.frankiemanning.com/

-Katie (who loves dancing lindy!)
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I tried posting this once already, but it never seemed to make it up. I just wanted to say that I'm another present-day lindy hopper and I'm thrilled to see this clip make its way into "mainstream" internet culture (as opposed to our fairly small, insular community of dance nerds, where it's a classic).

No one does it better than these guys - they are all true innovators - but if you want to see the new guard of Lindy Hoppers, do a youtube search for "ULHS Liberation" to see contest footage (largely unchoreographed) from my favorite modern era contest.
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