Grow Your Own Genetically Engineered Stingray-Leather Sneakers Rayfish Footwear

Grow Your Own Genetically Engineered Stingray-Leather Sneakers. Is this different from picking out your own lobster?

So tell us, are bio-customized sneakers haute or not? 203 Votes HELL NO! Commodifying nature for such a frivolous purpose is beyond contemptible. 16 Votes HELL YES! I can play evil geneticist to my heart's content—or until my wallet runs out. View Results SPLICE OF LIFE You don’t have to be a genetic scientist to wrangle your own phenotype. Rayfish uses a graphical user interface for would-be Doc Moreaus to drag and drop up to nine individual traits—the mottled coat pattern of a giraffe, say, with the scarlet hue of the multi-spotted ladybug . A pair of Rayfish sneakers starts at $14,800, which includes custom DNA manipulation and raising the fish to maturity. “Nature has already done the design work for us,” says Raymond Ong, a bioengineer and CEO of Rayfish, on his website. “All we have to do is identify the genes responsible for coloration and patterning, and then impla...

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