Comments on: Genetically Engineered Bugs Can Smell Blue Light

By: Dan Barrett

Dan Barrett — Fri, 28 May 2010 20:59:48 +0000

These are some GREAT comments.
If I worked in that lab, sooner or later one of my colleagues would get a battery powered blue light stuck to their back.

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 28 May 2010 19:16:38 +0000

Would this necessarily be restricted to the visible spectrum? I suspect not … and that might open up some interesting applications.

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 28 May 2010 02:29:37 +0000

“With this technology just imagine what we could do!”
“Perhaps we should have imagined that first!”

By: Don Viszneki

Don Viszneki — Fri, 28 May 2010 01:40:00 +0000

Light-sensitive proteins are a funny trick, but maybe bomb-sniffing flies would be a better application. Or flies that can smell entomophobia.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 27 May 2010 23:35:15 +0000

Great work guys, you just invented moths.

By: Lorgon

Lorgon — Thu, 27 May 2010 23:11:42 +0000

Does anyone else think it would be hilarious to release them in K-mart?

By: JMW

JMW — Thu, 27 May 2010 21:35:17 +0000

Oh. That blue light. I thought they meant the beer. And I thought…why would you want to?