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Biochymickal Arts 20130915
day three of Biochymickal Arts 2013
overview & intro
(see maja's notes)
- languages & gestures
- culture & environment
- fermentation & metabolism
- essence & code
- improvisation & speculation
bio based electronics
Mischka Melo
- experiments in finding ways to improve environmental footprint of electronics
- currently ~45 metals used in microcircuitry
- currently ~80% of waste → landfill. (ref. ~75% metals in landfill is from electronics)
- can we build compostable electronics?
- primary work transistor made using milk,carrot,fish,ecoflex,brocilli, sugar
- ref. Mihai Irimia-Vladu - many papers online at http://www.jku.at/ipc/content/e166682/index_html?team_view=section&emp=e166682/employee_groups_wiss166736/employees175992 and http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mihai_Irimia-Vladu/publications/
- La Paillasse as venue for DIY experiments with melanin as living semiconductor
- can melanin be produced in a kitchen-lab?
- created cultures using food grade materials available from supermarket
- target component is a thermistor
- using permaculture principles to enhance 'intelligence' of agricultural systems
- space and time trade off, new techniques required to use biological substrates for computation
- ref. biological computation research group mentioned in Biomimicry by Janine M. Benyus
- biomimetic kettle w. guillian graves, based on nautillus shell, spherical compartments per cup, clay using bioethanol [ref.] (note. biobutnol)
domestic plastics
Brian Degger
ref. http://medialab-prado.es/article/interactivos10_muestra_de_proyectos
- plastics that can be made at home, can be used in the home
- what kind of domestic uses are there for plastics than can be made in the kitchen?
- based on glycerol, starch and vinegar
- cooking up toys based on templates
- why is it a plastic? a polymerised chain
- compostable?
synthetic biology
hugo herter
- what materials do you need to program cells?
- introduction to biology, classification, molecular biology
- about ~1.5% human genome coding for proteins
- DNA, RNA, Amino Acid, Proteins, (UGC, codons)
- transcription video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3fOXt4MrOM
- synthetic biology - engineering, molecular biology, modelling
- regulation of expression
- BioBricks (e.g Promoter, RBS, Gene, Stop) → http://partsregistry.org
- iGEM 2009 entry → E.Coli biosynthesis of superglue
- principles; chemotaxis, quorum sensing, non-proliferation
- in your garage
- order DNA (online, CC), Insert DNA (competent bacteria, transformation device), Grow bacteria (selection, application)
biopunk
- meredith (see maja's notes)
misc
Lithuanian farmhouse brewing
discussion of recent developments in the Lithuanian beer craft/culture which grew form M.s interest in home-brewing.
post 1991 previously 'underground' semi-legal breweries became legal. ~200 then, ~60 now. commercial brewing was thus based on home-brewing style techniques and included some peculiarities (e.g. not boiling the wort, unpasteurised → target for wild bacteria, baking loaves of malt and using crumbs in brewing, ritual of sauna before brewing, starting the process in sauna) some family yeast cultures have a verifiable history around 160 yrs.
in “Lithuanian farmhouse brewing” article, beer connoisseur magazine covered 20 breweries in 4 days (hosted by T.A) surprised by distinct tastes and techniques. sequencing of the yeast DNA led to conclusion that there may be a distinct species or hybrid in the J. strain.
summaries
(see maja's notes)
- closing loops with bio-materials
- rethink intelligent systems
- people & politics
- need time to ferment
- in three words
- “they are hungry”
- “time,impressive,new”
- “inspiring social fermentation”
- “go for it”
- “sharing”
- “interspecies fecundation”
- “too much food” → “much food too”
- “anticipating practical experiments”
- “enzymatic historical hacking”
- “time aware processes”
- “fermentation releasing energy”
- “creative, bulling reactions”
- “micro world tourism”
- “dexterity is hard”
- “slow process, fast experiments”
- “sleep. bubbling. people”
- “more research required”