Artist make faces from leftover DNA

[naronic]

http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/04/tech/innovation/dna-face-sculptures/

We leave genetic traces of ourselves wherever we go -- in a strand of hair left on the subway or in saliva on the side of a glass at a cafe.
So you may want to think twice the next time you spit out your gum or drop a cigarette butt in public.

New York artist Heather Dewey-Hagborg might pick it up, extract the DNA and create a 3-D face that could look like you. Her project, "Stranger Visions," fashions portrait sculptures from bits of genetic material collected in public places.
"The idea for the project came from this fascination with a single hair," Dewey-Hagborg told CNN. "This turned into a research project for me exploring exactly what I could discover about someone from an artifact they left behind."

The implications for DNA privacy...

[koopahermit]

Yay, another reason to stay indoors.

[Jester]

Time to cover my walls in strangers' faces.

[Tony-DarkGrave]

FAP EVERYWHERE!

[Boomstick]

Now crime rates will go down or up, if people learn how not to leave semen everywhere.

[NeonSpider]

Step 1: Stalk target
Step 2: Pick up loose hair they left behind
Step 3: Use DNA to make mask
Step 4: Wear mask and impersonate target
Step 5: Profit

[Jeff-Teh-Great]

Holy shit.

[steph2568]

That sounds like something straight outta Gattaca.

[Painbringer]

Who needs DNA databases when you can simply recreate the face of the individual's DNA found at the crime scene.

[naronic]

She might have your face, lot's of people visit New York including me...

Gives a whole new meaning to identity theft...

[TurkeyOnAStick]

At 3/22/14 06:04 PM, naronic wrote: Gives a whole new meaning to identity theft...

It's not really theft if you're leaving your DNA everywhere and not picking it up afterwards.
Finders keepers, losers weepers.

[naronic]

At 3/22/14 06:14 PM, TurkeyOnAStick wrote:

At 3/22/14 06:04 PM, naronic wrote: Gives a whole new meaning to identity theft...

It's not really theft if you're leaving your DNA everywhere and not picking it up afterwards.
Finders keepers, losers weepers.

You can loose your DNA by touching something

[naronic]

At 3/22/14 06:17 PM, naronic wrote: You can loose your DNA by touching something

Just like I lost my spelling capability there for a second.

[Ragnarokia]

They still look fake though. It is like PS2 graphic faces.

[TurkeyOnAStick]

At 3/22/14 06:17 PM, naronic wrote:

At 3/22/14 06:14 PM, TurkeyOnAStick wrote:

At 3/22/14 06:04 PM, naronic wrote: Gives a whole new meaning to identity theft...

It's not really theft if you're leaving your DNA everywhere and not picking it up afterwards.
Finders keepers, losers weepers.

You can loose your DNA by touching something

Oh, you're being serious?

If you're worried about your replicating your image without your knowledge, lots of people do that nowadays anyway. Except it's done with a camera.

If the image provides a good replication, there's a possibility it can be advantageous to forensics and identification. If a rough guess of age and features are given, DNA could be used to provide a rough guess of a suspect.

[KatMaestro]

So Heather is an artist, a biochemist and a PROGRAMMER too?

Wow, this is someone I would definitely bang on!

[naronic]

Oh, you're being serious?

If you're worried about your replicating your image without your knowledge, lots of people do that nowadays anyway. Except it's done with a camera.

This has even more potential to mimic somebody's identity
And I think DNA can give more than a rough outline/sketch of a person

[Satan]

Isn't this shit illegal in some way, shape, or form?

[Quorthon]

That's awesome.

[naronic]

At 3/24/14 04:30 PM, Satan wrote: Isn't this shit illegal in some way, shape, or form?

not currently

[Darthdenim]

Darkman is one step closer to reality.

[DaAtheno]

ummmm.................... ew.