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It’s been quite a while since DNA art was first introduced. These days, French company Helys not only lets you order prints of your DNA, but even offers to create a wallpaper for your iPhone featuring your own genetic image.

Helys sends you a DNA test kit in the mail, including a mouth swab for gathering your tasty saliva genes. Once the company creates your 100 dpi DNA image, you’ll receive a stylized genetic image via e-mail. And you thought an image of your fingerprint was unique.

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Atomically, DNA and its components are about as tiny as we can get before we enter the realm of “I don’t know what the hell I’m looking at here.” So you can imagine how “nano” we’re talking here when we mention a nano-sized box, made of DNA, which can only be opened by a specific DNA strain. Now THAT’S security.

Danish scientists at the Aarhus University Center for DNA Nanotechnology created a 3D box made of DNA. The box’s lid can only be opened when a specific strain of DNA is introduced as the key. What could science possibly use such a tiny box for? Targeted drug delivery, for one. These nano boxes could one day course through your veins, seeking a specific piece of DNA to open its latch and spread its love, just like your mother.

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Romain Jerome is taking notes from fellow watch designers Krone, and starting to base a series of watches based on iconic events in history. The first model in the series is the Titanic DNA watch. The watch is made of oxidized steel from the remains of the Titanic, and titanium from the future Titanic II being constructed at Harland and Wolff shipyards in Belfast.

The watch runs off of a Joux-Perret 8235 with a 42-hour power supply surplus. The hands of the watch symbolize the boats anchor, while the black faceplate references the coal pulled up from the wreckage. The watch is meant to commemorate the 100 year anniversary of the Titanic tragedy in 2012, when the Titanic II is set to be ready for its maiden voyage. — Andrew Dobrow

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