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> Frankly, if implantable magnets and NFC/RFID chips are the full extent of the contributions of the biohacking community, then the community completely lacks i
by kanzure 9y ago
> Frankly, if implantable magnets and NFC/RFID chips are the full extent of the contributions of the biohacking community, then the community completely lacks imagination and creativity.
Don't let the grinders get in the way of progress :-) There are many at-home genetic engineering folks that don't proselytize implants every n seconds: https://groups.google.com/group/diybio https://groups.google.com/group/diybio
The downside to this other community is that the general public has an overbearing fascination with bioluminescence (sigh): http://www.the-odin.com/gene-engineering-kits/ http://www.the-odin.com/gene-engineering-kits/
- FullMtlAlcoholc 9y agoiGem always produces some fascinating projects, amazing high school kids! : http://igem.org/Main_Page http://igem.org/Main_Page There's also this BioHacker Space in SF that seems to have interesting meetups: http://biocurious.org/projects/ http://biocurious.org/projects/ Although it's not auto-biohacking, some group created yeast that produces thc, allowing for marijuana infused beer
- kanzure 9y agoagreed about igem, i worked on a list of one-sentence summaries of all the previous igem projects: http://diyhpl.us/wiki/dna/projects/#igem-2014 http://diyhpl.us/wiki/dna/projects/#igem-2014