We are very very far from doing anything large scale with these sort of technologies. Most of the research mentioned in the paper either cannot self replicate or requires significant external manipulation to do anything useful (think EM fields, sound waves). They are pretty typical for biomedical engineering, they are not some major advancement in the realm of science fiction.

The innovations mentioned are a good start but it is unclear whether the current lines of research (bottom up engineering of a cell via chemically engineering a cell membrane) will bear fruit. They have some applications in carefully controlled environments like for medicine but the technology itself would not directly lead to the resurrection of dinosaurs. The infamous xenobots are basically overhyped. They primarily rely on biophysics simulations to find candidates "bots" that are made by gluing together muscle cells. This is very far from how traditional biology works. I know this forum is obsessed with bioelectricity and the research came from the same labs but in terms of practical applications it is highly doubtful there will be any unless it can be combined with other technology.

For true synthetic life, look into minimal cell projects that start by reducing the number of genes in a cell to a minimal number required for self replication (very similar to a program reducer in CS). Other efforts would involve replacing the traditional DNA ATCG nucleotides with other types of nucleotides. The Central Dogma is called the Central Dogma for a very good reason.

While I profoundly disagree with the claims made by the paper with regards to xenobots and similar biomedical engineering gimmicks, the rest of the overview is quite sound, especially the areas on genetic circuits and organoids.