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Science

Playinghardball

(11,665 posts) Sat May 4, 2013, 02:34 PM May 2013

Awesome or somewhat creepy? What do you folks think? [View all]

Found on the I fucking love science Facebook

A New York artist has been collecting DNA samples from the streets via discarded cigarette butts and gum to find out what that person might look like. A computer program analyzes the sample which feeds the image to a 3D printer that makes the sculpture.

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Awesome or somewhat creepy? What do you folks think? [View all] Playinghardball May 2013 OP

Creepy. Lifelong Protester May 2013 #1

Hey, it's probably the world's best anti-littering campaign.... Wounded Bear May 2013 #2

This should end women smoking at least and probably homophobes too Fumesucker May 2013 #3

I missed the connection JimDandy May 2013 #20

creepy... also frickin weird ... and... Bannakaffalatta May 2013 #4

It's crawsome. RevStPatrick May 2013 #5

hokum.. How can this science even exist yet? annabanana May 2013 #6

Agreed. I am quite skeptical of this alleged breakthrough. n/t Laelth May 2013 #8

another vote for hokum. mopinko May 2013 #12

The article clearly says what markers she gets and uses, so... TreasonousBastard May 2013 #14

I find this so fascinating. Frustratedlady May 2013 #7

I'm going with extremely creepy. nt Live and Learn May 2013 #9

Awesome. mzteris May 2013 #10

Totally creepy. Buzz Clik May 2013 #11

Creepy sakabatou May 2013 #13

I'd be more interested in seeing how close he's getting Warpy May 2013 #15

The only way I'd buy into this JimDandy May 2013 #16

She made one of her, but that's not scientific jakeXT May 2013 #17

Yes, saw that in the article. JimDandy May 2013 #18

Just in that example the eye color and the shape of her eyebrows are off jakeXT May 2013 #19