the literal consumption of an ecosystem

The maximum rate of global ecophagy by biovorous self-replicating nanorobots is fundamentally restricted by the replicative strategy employed; by the maximum dispersal velocity of mobile replicators; by operational energy and chemical element requirements;…

A currently offline essay on green goo and bioterrorism by Nick Szabo. Great stuff. author's page: http://szabo.best.vwh.net/

Intentional Ecophagy

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Self-assembly + replicating capacity: Laura Tripaldi on how viruses went from representing the technological future of humanity to being the absolute emblem of pandemic extinction [Originally published at Nero Editions.] I first came across the FFP3 respirator…

Oof, the EAS, am I right?

No? Ok.

Well, here’s something that’s never been done before, so I’m excited to show it off!

I hope more creators will do more scenarios similar to this!

Enjoy!

Edit: This scenario is actually the second of its kind. I’m upset.…

This scenario was inspired by thephoenixfire's Ecophagy: The Gray Goo.

Our civilization has in many ways been forced to run off of Black Goo...oil. The largest Internet tech corporation is Goo-gle. Black Goo is practically everywhere in science fiction and horror films. Why?

Is it possible that demonic entities can attach themselves…

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How does nature build? How do we build? What happens when we begin building life itself? Let your imagination…

Professor Tom Ellis from the Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London talks about how his research has helped to engineer biology this century.

From selective breeding to genetic modification, our understanding of biology is now merging with the principles of engineering to bring us synthetic biology.

Written, animated and directed by James Hutson, Bridge8.

Transcript can be found here:
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