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The Clone Corporation
The Clone Corporation
By Joel Erland & Kate Kaman
DESCRIPTION:
This cloning machine is a working, retrofitted crane machine that has been modified to dispense life-like fetus dolls suspended in "cryogenic animation". (READ: fog machine & blue uplighting).
PREMISE:
The Clone Corporation's vending machine is a future found object. In this apocalyptic vision of the future, clones are immediately available for anyone wishing to clone themselves. For a couple of dollars, the participant will be able to receive a "premie" clone fetus, made out of a sweet, NERF-like substance.
IMPLAUSIBLE BACKSTORY TO ADD PHILLIP-K-DICK/EDGAR-ALLEN-POE/QUENTIN-TARANTINO-STYLE MELODRAMA:
Human cloning is declared illegal in the dystopic future. However, the good folks at the Clone Corporation found a loophole in the argument, and decided to profit on it. IF the clone is legally not a human by virtue of the fact that it has not reached 9 months from conception, then they can be kept as "Living Tissue Toys (tm)". The age of the "prebaked premies" is 21 weeks or 147 days old. Gestation of a human child is approximately 9 months, or 274 days. By this reckoning, the premie clone is Negative -127 days old, give or take. Which means that the new owner of the clone can legally keep the premie for 18 weeks, or 126 days, without breaking the law against human cloning. The End User Licensing Agreement that the Clone Corporation issues stipulates that on or before midnight on the 126th day - in compliance with Federal Law - the premie clone must necessarily be returned to The Clone Corporation for "recycling". Failure to do so will result in dire consequences. If still at large on the 127th day, the Clone Corporation is required by law to notify the authorities, who will subsequently issue a social security number on the clone's "zeroth birthday". At this point the newborn clone will become the property of the United States Department of the Army, and will be declared Absent Without Leave - which is a very serious offense in the apocalyptic future. Inevitably, the penalty for any military personnel going A.W.O.L. during a time of martial law is, of course, capital punishment.*
SITE:
We will install "The Clone Corporation" Machine near the Dumbo Arts Center, in the lobby of the Gallery Building at 111 Front Street, Brooklyn, NY
*Attention screenwriters/producers: the film rights are indeed available (for even less than you might think).
Based out of Philadelphia, Kate Kaman & Joel Erland's collaborative work speaks to contemporary issues in a wide array of mediums- often incorporating new technology. Their large-scale artworks include site specific atrium sculpture for clients from Los Angeles to New York. The Clone Corporation By Joel Erland & Kate Kaman DESCRIPTION: ... more -
Australia licenses human clones.
SYDNEY — The Australian government has issued its first licence allowing scientists to create cloned human embryos to try and obtain embryonic stem cells.
The in vitro fertilization firm Sydney IVF was granted the licence and reportedly has access to 7,200 human eggs for its research.
If the firm is successful it would be a world first, the Australian government's National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), which granted the licence, said on Wednesday.
Scientists in other countries have made stem cells they believe are similar to embryonic cells using a variety of techniques, but none have been able to extract embryonic stem cells from cloned human embryos.
An Australian ban on the research, known as therapeutic cloning or somatic cell nuclear transfer, was lifted in December, 2006, after a rare conscience vote in the national parliament.
But the use of excess IVF embryos and the creation and use of other embryos in research is restricted by law through national legislation. Human cloning for reproductive purposes is banned.
More at link... SYDNEY — The Australian government has issued its first licence allowing scientists to create cloned human embryos to try an... more -
How to make a real clone...In Windows Movie Maker
Just like the title says, I’ll be showing you have to make a cloning effect in Windows Movie Maker for free. Make a clone of a friend, a pet, or of your self; it’s very easy. If you like this video, please rate, comment, and check out my other videos. Enjoy :) Just like the title says, I’ll be showing you have to make a cloning effect in Windows Movie Maker for free. Make a clone of a friend,... more
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Rocambolesque!
(French word - rocambolesque [ʀɔkɑ̃bɔlɛsk(ə)] adj → fantastic, incredible)
A cloned dog, a Mormon in mink-lined handcuffs and a tantalising mystery...
At first it seemed a straightforward example of the oddball stories which emerge during the long, slow, news days of high summer.
A 'Californian woman' had paid £25,000 to a South Korean laboratory to have her dead pitbull terrier cloned, in the first transaction of its kind.
'Bernann McKinney' had saved tissue from the ear of her beloved 'Booger', which was frozen after the dog died, and then used as DNA source material to produce five pitbull pups.
So far, so silly season. (But as the eccentric Miss McKinney beamed joyfully from the world's television screens on Tuesday, vague bells began to ring.)
The face was familiar, albeit older and heavier. The surname was the same.
So was the alleged American, ex-beauty queen background and the unusual devotion to pitbull dogs.
Surely it wasn't? Could the new owner of the world's first commercially cloned pups be the same woman who had gone on the run from British justice 30 years ago, having been the star of one of the most bizarre, entertaining and downright saucy court cases in living memory?
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Juicy details at link! (French word - rocambolesque [ʀɔkɑ̃bɔlɛsk(ə)] adj → fantastic, incredible) ... more -
Pet cloning: woman pays $50,000 to clone dog
A California woman has paid scientists $50,000 (£25,000) to create five identical copies of her beloved pit bull terrier.
South Korean geneticists today unveiled five identical copies of Booger, the pit bull terrier, created for his American owner. The five clones cost Bernann McKinney, a Californian-based farmer, £25,000 ($50,000) and according to her, they were well worth it.
"Booger was my partner and my friend," McKinney said, as she collected the five puppies, named Booger Bernann, Booger Ra, Booger Lee, Booger Hong and Booger Park.
When Booger got cancer, McKinney had skin cells taken from the dog and preserved in the hope that science would come to her aid. Scientists at Seoul National University then created a number of embryos from those cells, which where then implanted into two surrogate mother dogs. The puppies were born on July 28.
The company has stated that they are now open for future bookings.
Would you ever consider cloning a dog or any other pet or do you think this is just insane? A California woman has paid scientists $50,000 (£25,000) to create five identical copies of her beloved pit bull terrier. ... more -
Disgraced Korean scientist clones endangered breed of dog
A South Korean team led by disgraced stem cell scientist Hwang Woo-suk said Thursday it has created 17 clones of an endangered dog breed popular in China.
The Sooam Biotech Research Foundation said in a statement that the cloned Tibetan mastiff dogs were born in April, two months after being requested by the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
The foundation said it takes two months to produce cloned dogs from pregnancy, but it declined to discuss its success rate, citing internal policy.
...Hwang scandalized the international scientific community in 2005 when his breakthrough human cloning research involving embryonic stem cells was found to have been faked... A South Korean team led by disgraced stem cell scientist Hwang Woo-suk said Thursday it has created 17 clones of an endangered dog bre... more -
Lab clones cancer-sniffing dogs
From the report: A South Korean biotech company on Monday unveiled four Labrador retriever puppies skilled at sniffing out patients with cancer.
AMAZING! I had no idea cancer smelled! From the report: A South Korean biotech company on Monday unveiled four Labrador retriever puppies skilled at sniffing out patients wi... more -
Jurassic Park comes true: How scientists are bringing dinosaurs back to life
Dinosaurs walking the Earth once again . . . quite a concept.
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Puppy clones? Going once, going twice ...
SAN FRANCISCO - A Northern California biotech company announced Wednesday that it will clone dogs for the five highest bidders in a series of online auctions. Some ethicists condemned the offer, fearing it could lead to human clones.
Opening bids start at $100,000 for the service being offered by Mill Valley-based BioArts International. The cloning process is to be performed by a South Korean scientist who suffered international disgrace after being found to have faked research.
BioArts chief executive Lou Hawthorne formerly ran Genetic Savings & Clone, which offered to clone pet cats for $50,000 but folded in 2006 because few were willing to pay so much.
But Hawthorne said in a phone interview that another service his old company provided — the storage of pet DNA for future possible clones — showed him the market for dog clones was strong.
"The average dog owner has a different relationship with his dog than the average cat owner," Hawthorne said. "The level of intensity on the dog side just dwarfed what we saw on the cat side."
To conduct the clonings, BioArts has partnered with a South Korean research team that recently created three clones of Hawthorne's family dog, Missy, who died in 2002.
The team was led by Hwang Woo-suk, who scandalized the international scientific community in 2005 when his breakthrough human cloning research involving embryonic stem cells was found to have been faked.
Tests performed at the University of California, Davis' Veterinary Genetics Laboratory found that DNA samples taken from Missy and the three other dogs appeared to belong to the same individual.
Hawthorne said that after spending 15 years with Missy, he is taking pleasure in seeing her mischievous streak coming out in her clones. They also like steamed broccoli just like she did, he said. SAN FRANCISCO - A Northern California biotech company announced Wednesday that it will clone dogs for the five highest bidders in a se... more -
Dolly the cloned sheep preserved
Dolly the ewe, the first mammal to be cloned from an adult somatic cell at Royal museum Scotland
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South Korea to Use Cloned Drug Sniffing Dogs
The country that created the world's first cloned canine plans to put duplicated dogs on patrol to sniff out drugs and explosives.
The Korean Customs Service unveiled Thursday seven cloned Labrador retrievers being trained near Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul. The dogs were born five to six months ago after being separately cloned from a skilled drug-sniffing canine in active service.
Due to the difficulties in finding dogs who are up to snuff for the critical jobs, officials said using clones could help reduce costs.
The cloning work was conducted by a team of Seoul National University scientists who in 2005 successfully created the world's first known dog clone, an Afghan hound named Snuppy. The country that created the world's first cloned canine plans to put duplicated dogs on patrol to sniff out drugs and explosives... more -
Cloning Fluffy!
Could you not imagine your life without your special friend? Would you clone fluffy because you love them soooooo much? But is it really the same pet you owned the first time around? Will it possess the same spirit and have the same loving soul you came to love with Fluffy #1? Could you not imagine your life without your special friend? Would you clone fluffy because you love them soooooo much? But is it real... more
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Meat, milk from cloned animals OK'd
I wonder how well this study can support that cloned products are safe? or it is just another industry economical push?
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S. Koreans clones cats that glow in the dark.
This handout photo released in Seoul by the Ministry of Science and Technology shows a combo of cloned cats that have a fluorescence protein gene and glowing under ultraviolet beams. The technology could help develop treatments for human genetic diseases, the developers said. This handout photo released in Seoul by the Ministry of Science and Technology shows a combo of cloned cats that have a fluorescence p... more
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