I am completely out of tin foil at this time.
Too late, CNN has been there done that.
What a coincidink. I was just putting The Cloning of Man by David Rorvik away (re arranging the bookcase... ethics section). LOL
Though really on the robotic side... I wonder about Q2:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/03/0331_060331_robot_video.html
How soon before these robotoids start replacing actors in movies?
Not that we could tell the difference, but ...
Androids have been around for decades, centuries. Eventually they run amok and are destroyed barely in time.
Artifical Human.
Homunculus of Alchemy
The term appears to have been first used by the alchemist Paracelsus. He once claimed that he had created a false human being that he referred to as the homunculus. The creature was to have stood no more than 12 inches (300 mm) tall, and did the work usually associated with a golem. However, after a short time, the homunculus turned on its creator and ran away. The recipe consisted of a bag of bones, semen, skin fragments and hair from any animal, of which the chimeric homunculus would be a hybrid. This was to be laid in the ground surrounded by horse manure for forty days, at which point the embryo would form.
Homunculi of Fullmetal Alchemist
In the fictional world of the Fullmetal Alchemist series, Homunculi are artificial humans created through alchemy. They serve as the principal villains in the series. There are seven Homunculi in all. Each is named after, and usually exhibits a personality or abilities aligned to, one of the seven deadly sins, although their characteristics and identities vary somewhat between the anime and manga series.
In the anime, Homunculi are created through a failed human transmutation, the ultimate taboo of alchemy. The components required are the ingredients that make up the person on the elemental level, and a vast knowledge of alchemic lore.
I believe I need aluminum siding for this one, tinfoil just isn't going to handle it.