As a non-redhead who’s afflicted by this condition, I honestly hope I live long enough to see technology that can transfer my consciousness to a genetically engineered body with tanning capability. Ray Kurzweil swears it will happen. Let the upload begin.
On a more serious note, everyone frets about the advent of such things, but consider the possibilities. I wonder if the restoration of our ability to produce vitamin C, for instance, would be beneficial in the fight against cancers such as melanoma.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18764764
In the words of Will Ferrell as Ricky Bobby, ” It’s just exciting that we’re trying things like that. “