Artist Invents A Machine To Create Life From Scratch

The ReBioGeneSys can simulate conditions on any planet in the universe, and given enough time, create new life from them.At the University of Michigan, conceptual artist Adam W. Brown has assembled an installation of glass beakers, hot plates, and rubber tubes. It doesn't seem terribly imposing—it has the look of random props left behind on a mad scientist movie set—but what Brown is trying to do with this assemblage of lab equipment is nothing short of profound: it's called ReBioGeneSys, a self-contained world, and it's designed to create life from nothing, then set it on its own distinct evolutionary path.Read Full Story