• J. Craig Venter
• Founder, Synthetic Genomics

• Speaking at TED2008
• February 2008
• Monterey, CA

On the verge of creating synthetic life: Can we create new life out of our digital universe? Craig Venter asks. His answer is "yes" -- and pretty soon. He walks through his latest research and promises that we'll soon be able to build and boot up a synthetic chromosome.