warrior gene
Posted by razor | Filed under English, Filozofálás
I found the article titled “The ‘Warrior Gene’ and the Maori People: the Responsibility of the Geneticists” a while ago, examining the responsibility of scientists in misinterpreting scientific results. The ‘gene of’ is a teleosemantic expression that conveys a simplistic and linear relationship between a gene and a phenotype. Throughout the 20th century, geneticists studied [...]
Tags: bioethics, genetics, maori, science, scientific method, warrior gene
natural computing
Posted by razor | Filed under Bioinformatika, English
A seminar by Grzegorz Rozenberg, titled “A Formal Framework for Processes Inspired by the Functioning of Living Cells: Natural Computing Approach” will be organized by the UPC, between the 7th and 11th of May. Looks very interesting, short abstract below, more detailes in this pdf. “Natural Computing is an interdisciplinary field of research that investigates human‐designed [...]
Tags: bioinformatics, informatics, natural computing
systems genetics
Posted by razor | Filed under Biotech, English
A new short perspective article in Science caught my eye yesterday, the title is ‘Systems Genetics‘ and the summary sez: From studies with peas over 150 years ago, Gregor Mendel deduced the laws that govern the inheritance of traits in most organisms. The brilliance, but also the limitation, of Mendel’s work was its focus on [...]
Tags: genetics, systems biology, systems genetics
biohack talks
Posted by razor | Filed under Biotech, English
Two more talks to listen to/watch on biohacking, while you are waiting for that PCR to finish. Richard Thieme (thiemeworks.com) studied literature, later became an Episcopal priest, and started writing about technology, culture, and the spiritual dimensions of technology. Now he is a consultant, media commentator and regular speaker at security conferences. He gave a [...]
Tags: biohacking, Biotech, chris seidel, defcon, hope, richard thieme
cyberpunk
Posted by razor | Filed under Agymenés, English
A documentary about cyberpunk from 1993 (or 1990 if IMDB is right) featuring William Gibson and Timothy Leary. [via @digitalyn]
Tags: cyberpunk, timothy leary, video, william gibson
shïnitö
Posted by razor | Filed under English, Művészkedés
Twitter search on the biopunk term came up with the following links and the artist Shïnitö. Shïnitö is a freelance creative practice operates in between London and Hong Kong believing in collaboration among creative minds is a better way for generating vivacious ideas than mind-numbing corporate practice. … The projects consist of architectural design, interiors, [...]
Tags: art, bioart, biopunk, shïnitö
biopunk manifesto
Posted by razor | Filed under Agymenés, Biotech, English
Just found a video of Meredith Patterson reading the Biopunk Manifesto at the UCLA Outlaw Biology Symposium held on January 29th-30th, 2010. (via TheGeneHackMan) Unfortunately the domain name of the symposium has expired and the artsci.ucla.edu website is unreachable with more videos of the speakers. Also time to quote the full text of the manifesto [...]
Tags: biology, biopunk, Biotech, diybio, manifesto, meredith patterson, outlaw biology, science
soma
Posted by razor | Filed under English, Művészkedés
SOMA: Carsten Höller’s project at Hamburger Bahnhof museum in Berlin. How do we achieve enlightenment? What role is science given in our society, and what role myth? Do we need to find alternative categories for experience and alternative approaches to awakening consciousness? These questions are all raised by the artist Carsten Höller (born 1961, in [...]
Tags: art, berlin, bioart, carsten höller, science, soma
programming dna
Posted by razor | Filed under Biotech, English
Programming DNA – A 2-bit language for engineering biology. A talk by Drew Endy (Endy Lab) at the 24th Chaos Communication Congress on biological engineering and synthetic biology. Basics of the biopunk and ‘everything is hackable’ philosophy. Biological engineering does not have to be confined to the laboratories of high-end industry laboratories. Rather, it is [...]
Tags: biopunk, Biotech, synthbio, synthetic biology
diy plant!
Posted by razor | Filed under English, Művészkedés
DIY, plant! This is more like an art installation, than a real working DIY project, but cool anyway. The “DIY, plant!” research project (by Sander Veenhof) aims to design a multitouchscreen interface for plants so they can control their supply of water and light themselves by pressing touchscreen-button controls with their leaves. Moar info and [...]
