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By: Open Hardware for Molecular Biology Experiments | Singularity Hub

Open Hardware for Molecular Biology Experiments | Singularity Hub — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:42:53 +0000

[...] wiki OpenWetWare. Teams in the International Genetic Engineered Machine competition (iGem) and members of DIYbio.org both saw the need for and the benefit from having a cheap version of this often used tool. If [...]

By: Phyllis O. Norton

Phyllis O. Norton — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:30:52 +0000

I had problems with your site correctlly through the latest version of Opera. It’s fine in IE7 and Firefox though.

By: DIYbio | Business Idea of the Day

DIYbio | Business Idea of the Day — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:41:26 +0000

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By: Andrew Hessel’s Singularity University Talk on Synthetic Biology (Video) | Singularity Hub

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:29:11 +0000

[...] of open source technology, which you can see in his founding of OpenWetWare, his support of DIYbio, and his ongoing interest and support of iGEM and MIT’s Registry of Standard Biological [...]

By: Synthetic Biology and getting ahead of ourselves

Synthetic Biology and getting ahead of ourselves — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 02:51:03 +0000

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By: DIYbio | Attention Money Makers

DIYbio | Attention Money Makers — Sat, 09 May 2009 02:43:18 +0000

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By: Lesezeichen vom 30-04-2009 | PolkaRobot

Lesezeichen vom 30-04-2009 | PolkaRobot — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:30:20 +0000

[...] Do It Yourself Biohacking | Singularity Hub "Ever wanted to play with your own genome? When you read about the latest genetic engineering tools do your fingers itch with anticipation? Do you look around the library, the pub, or the community center searching for your fellow biohackers? Look no further, intrepid gene-explorer, the Do-It-Yourself Biology movement has found a home at DIYbio.org. From the humble beginnings in the minds of Jason Bobe and Mac Cowell, the DIYbio community has exploded into the wider Internet community and is picking up interest from PBS, Seed Magazine, The Boston Globe, and many others." (Tags: via:mento.info biohacking community science hack biology technology diy polkarobot) [...]

By: Who is DIYbio.org? | Singularity Hub

Who is DIYbio.org? | Singularity Hub — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:18:12 +0000

[...] both those lessons out the window with the help of the new biohacking web-hub DIYbio.org. In the first part of our story we talked about the DIY biology movement and what it might mean for the world. Now, let’s put [...]

By: links for 2009-04-28 « Blarney Fellow

links for 2009-04-28 « Blarney Fellow — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:13:08 +0000

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By: Nick

Nick — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:23:47 +0000

“This doesn’t mean we don’t access risks and take precautions, it means that we value innovation over fear, and use scientific observation to help us make decisions, not popular perception.”

I think you meant assess ^.^ hehe.

Another point: the flat earth. If Christopho Colombo (raper of the new world – no, seriously, read his journals and letters) had valued fear over innovation like almost everyone else at the time, we might not be here arguing about this. And in relation to the last paragraph – well, how did anyone know Colombo achieved what he said he did, with his maps written on napkins? Well, other went and tried it. (turned out Colombo was wrong anyway, about where he had been) but if others hadn’t picked up on his ideas… well, where would we be now?

By: Nick

Nick — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:11:30 +0000

“The pessimist points out that the same techniques that can make biofuel bacteria, test your DNA for diseases, and find new species can just as easily produce deadly pathogens, encourage genetic self-mutilation, and release invasive microscopic species. Should we be happy or terrified?”

I would like to point out that this happens already and if we let this field of study languish we will be caught unawares without any defenses.

I mean, when vaccination was first discovered, the pope at the time called it the devil’s work.

By: a

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:08:12 +0000

a friend of mine did some project on that: http://biodisplay.tyrell.hu/

By: MZ

MZ — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:03:14 +0000

Presumably these are tranformation competent cells (Acinetobacter maybe?), which is why you don’t have to initiate the transformation with electrical pulses or anything. The actual transformation happens in the 1 h @ 37 C step. So I’m wondering what the purpose of step 3 (chill for 20 min) is. Seems like you can skip it.

Either way, this is a far stretch from “DIY synthetic biology.” It’s more like 101 Totally Cool Science Experiments for Kids.