Researchers developing new form of life that's made of metal - Polidicks

Now I have like three Judas Priest songs stuck in my head.

[url]http://www.ted.com/talks/lee_cronin_making_matter_come_alive.html[/url]

Needs to be called a Sabbath-toothed Tiger

I thought we learned our lesson after terminator.

[img]http://www.freewebs.com/xgunlimited/supersoldier.jpg[/img] Oh...Dear...God [editline]19th September 2011[/editline] Wait I have more! [img]http://www.fightplay.tv/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/darth-vader.jpg[/img]

Whilst this is awesome, one question remains on our minds; what are the potential applications for this new form of life? Perhaps the potential for growing machines? It'd be kind of like what we're doing with vat-grown meat, only you could grow a UAV in a large vat using the tungsten-based lifeforms. But wouldn't iron or silicon be more viable, since tungsten's kind of rare compared to those, or even carbon.

[QUOTE=ironman17;32374446]Whilst this is awesome, one question remains on our minds; what are the potential applications for this new form of life? Perhaps the potential for growing machines? It'd be kind of like what we're doing with vat-grown meat, only you could grow a UAV in a large vat using the tungsten-based lifeforms. But wouldn't iron or silicon be more viable, since tungsten's kind of rare compared to those, or even carbon.[/QUOTE] Astronauts?

Holy fuck science its only monday you cant be blowing my mind so early in the week!

T1000 awesome

[QUOTE=Confuzzed Otto;32374534]Astronauts?[/QUOTE] Maybe, but it seems like these would be a lot more expensive than the normal rovers and such. A rover that could actively adapt to fit the surroundings we place it in though, [I]that[/I] is a flawless machine.

[QUOTE=ironman17;32374446]Whilst this is awesome, one question remains on our minds; what are the potential applications for this new form of life? Perhaps the potential for growing machines? It'd be kind of like what we're doing with vat-grown meat, only you could grow a UAV in a large vat using the tungsten-based lifeforms. But wouldn't iron or silicon be more viable, since tungsten's kind of rare compared to those, or even carbon.[/QUOTE] I don't think they're purely tungsten, they just contain it (and multiple other metals). [editline]19th September 2011[/editline] Yeah, in this week's issue of new scientist, they say how "His building blocks are large polyoxometalates, made of a range of metal atoms - most recently tungsten - linked to oxygen and phosphorous."

Balls of steel?