How to Make Artificial Life in 7 Steps

Following on from my recent article about synthetic life I thought I would look at how the issue was reported in the UK press and who had published the best laymans guide to the process. I was not particularly impressed by a doomsday scenario grabbing article published in the Daily Mail suggesting that artificial life created by Craig Benter could wipe out humanity, however there was a graphic attributed to John Lawson that was published within the article which broke the entire process down into 7 more easily understood stages. I have a created a small thumbnail of the graphic for use within this post but I would like to respect the rights of the creator so you can see both the original article and the more impressive graphic here.