EbilDustBunny June 4, 2006 Share EbilDustBunny GC Alumni June 4, 2006 (edited) Extract your own DNA by spitting gargled salt water into diluted washing-up liquid and slowly dribbling ice-cold gin down the side of the glass. Spindly white clumps which form in the mixture are, basically, you. (source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,...361676,00.html) or you can do it the boring way: http://www.nature.ca/genome/05/051/pdfs/DNAextract_e.pdf I'm such a geek for looking this up lol... but wouldn't it be nifty to say you extracted your own DNA? Measure the speed of light by melting chocolate in microwave oven hotspots and measuring the distance between globs. Various calculations produce the answer and you can still eat the chocolate afterwards. Become a diamond.LifeGem of Chicago, Illinois, the book reveals, will take a few grains of your cremated remains, subject them to high pressure and temperature, and you will emerge from the process, 18 weeks later, as a sparkling one-carat diamond. this one is kinda creepy Edited June 4, 2006 by EbilDustBunny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymo June 4, 2006 Share anonymo Member June 4, 2006 I'm so becoming a diamond when I kick it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tek-Almighty June 4, 2006 Share Tek-Almighty Member June 4, 2006 I do this lab with my students, and it works pretty well. You can use meat tenderizer and ivory dishsoap to lyse the cell and precipitate the DNA... I would advise against gin, actually. Everclear works much better. The key is you must keep all of the equipment ICE COLD to get this to work...otherwise the DNA will no precipitate away from the proteins it is associated with in the nucleus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Cool June 4, 2006 Share Mr.Cool Member June 4, 2006 hahaha thats pretty coool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EbilDustBunny June 4, 2006 Author Share EbilDustBunny GC Alumni June 4, 2006 lol..i'd try measuring the speed of light with chocolate... then make smores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peckles June 4, 2006 Share Peckles Member June 4, 2006 How did you find this if it wasn't on youtube? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
appalachian_fox June 4, 2006 Share appalachian_fox Member June 4, 2006 How did you find this if it wasn't on youtube? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mustard's CoffeeMaker June 4, 2006 Share Mustard's CoffeeMaker Member June 4, 2006 I would not want to be a lab-created diamond. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EbilDustBunny June 4, 2006 Author Share EbilDustBunny GC Alumni June 4, 2006 How did you find this if it wasn't on youtube? GOOGLE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoMamma June 4, 2006 Share YoMamma Member June 4, 2006 I'm such a geek for looking this up lol... but wouldn't it be nifty to say you extracted your own DNA? Ive extracted DNA in Bio lab a couple years ago. It was quite fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allanon June 4, 2006 Share Allanon Member June 4, 2006 I'm with mo, when I die I wanna be a diamond. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EbilDustBunny June 4, 2006 Author Share EbilDustBunny GC Alumni June 4, 2006 http://www.lifegem.com/ they do pets too... :/ price range 3,199- 19,000 uhhh start saving up you two... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingy June 4, 2006 Share Dingy Member June 4, 2006 http://www.lifegem.com/ they do pets too... :/ price range 3,199- 19,000 uhhh start saving up you two... Of course if you do that, you really don't have a good diamond... Nah - it's even better. There is a guy (in Oregon) who is a glass blower, and will create a piece using the creamated remains of your (cherished) departed pet. If you ask me, that is just one step better than stuufing fluffy and sticking her on the matlepiece (saw this on Penn and Teller's Bullsh.., and was quite funny, actually). It just goes to proove that Barnum was right. Just kind of wierd if you ask me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatty June 5, 2006 Share Fatty GC Founder June 5, 2006 How much of me is needed to make me into a diamond and live? Like, if I lost a finger in some accident and it couldn't be fixt...could I just tell the doctors to bag it up cause I have plans for it? I do this lab with my students, and it works pretty well. You can use meat tenderizer and ivory dishsoap to lyse the cell and precipitate the DNA... I would advise against gin, actually. Everclear works much better. The key is you must keep all of the equipment ICE COLD to get this to work...otherwise the DNA will no precipitate away from the proteins it is associated with in the nucleus. Tek, come to fragfest and set up a science booth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EbilDustBunny June 5, 2006 Author Share EbilDustBunny GC Alumni June 5, 2006 How much of me is needed to make me into a diamond and live? Like, if I lost a finger in some accident and it couldn't be fixt...could I just tell the doctors to bag it up cause I have plans for it? I do this lab with my students, and it works pretty well. You can use meat tenderizer and ivory dishsoap to lyse the cell and precipitate the DNA... I would advise against gin, actually. Everclear works much better. The key is you must keep all of the equipment ICE COLD to get this to work...otherwise the DNA will no precipitate away from the proteins it is associated with in the nucleus. Tek, come to fragfest and set up a science booth. ROFL... the more the better but i think they can make it out of a finger... if they can make it out of a lock of hair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discom June 5, 2006 Share discom Member June 5, 2006 a diamond? thats lame. I want someone to put my DNA into a giant killer robot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EbilDustBunny June 5, 2006 Author Share EbilDustBunny GC Alumni June 5, 2006 a diamond? thats lame.I want someone to put my DNA into a giant killer robot diamond powered robot? I wacked my funny bone last night playing with my dog... and IT STILL HURTS! >_< It was funny but now... iunno Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allanon June 5, 2006 Share Allanon Member June 5, 2006 a diamond? thats lame.I want someone to put my DNA into a giant killer robot We'll put your DNA into a endless virtual game of CSS where you only get a glock and everyone else gets a AWP. Oh, and the only map is Dust . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discom June 5, 2006 Share discom Member June 5, 2006 a diamond? thats lame. I want someone to put my DNA into a giant killer robot We'll put your DNA into a endless virtual game of CSS where you only get a glock and everyone else gets a AWP. Oh, and the only map is Dust . oh my... but i think after about 500 years, my DNA character would become insanely leet at glock sniping Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allanon June 5, 2006 Share Allanon Member June 5, 2006 a diamond? thats lame. I want someone to put my DNA into a giant killer robot We'll put your DNA into a endless virtual game of CSS where you only get a glock and everyone else gets a AWP. Oh, and the only map is Dust . oh my... but i think after about 500 years, my DNA character would become insanely leet at glock sniping Watches Disco jump in mid air and kill two AWPers with one shot from glock burst. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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