The M.mycoides genome contains over a million letters of genetic code and current DNA-technology can string-together perhaps a few thousand units in one go.

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The most fundamental one remains the Baumol effect: labour-intensive services, such as nursing and teaching, have thus far proved as immune to productivity-enhancing technology as string quartets.

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Using its proprietary crystalline technology, called String Ribbon, the company develops and manufactures solar power cells and panels.

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Every year, there is a lot of talk about firmer ground beneath the grass at Wimbledon, truer bounces, slower tennis balls and new string technology that aids in hitting topspin.

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Its proprietary "String Ribbon" technology require 3 grams of polysilicon per watt of energy, about half of the overall industry's level, Chin said.

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Mr Tapscott is an adviser to governments around the world on the social impact of technology and author of a string of books about the digital economy.

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And unless a radically new technology becomes available, the pursuit of string theory is beyond the pocket of even a transnational effort.

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John Paul II, who preceded Benedict, was the first pontiff to use the Internet, and the 20th century saw a string of other milestones for popes using technology to reach the masses.

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