Presentation for ERA synbio network at Statens Serum Institut. About biohacker, diybio, maker, bioethics, diy, hacker

1. Biologigaragen.org / Labitat.dk
A creative independent maker and citizen science community

2. ERA synbio presentation 27 Nov. 2013
Martin Malthe Borch, Biologigaragen.org, Labitat.dk
Ethics - “Learning by Hacking”

3. Martin Malthe Borch
Master of Science Biological Engineering
Master in Interaction Design
* Researcher ITU, CGID Bioreactor engineering in Art, Science & Technology
* Integrator of biotech in architecture and design
* Co-founder of Biologigaragen.org #Folkeforskning #CitizenScience
Twitter: @mmborch
Blog hos Ingeniøren: http://ing.dk/blogs/folkeforsker
Billeder: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mmborch/sets/
Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=16826487
www.biologigaragen.org
www.Labitat.dk

4. Researcher ITU
Communication, Games & Interaction Design

5. Næringsbiblioteket - The future energy producing waste water treatment plant
1st Prize Winner in collaboration with GXN-3XN Architects, Århusvand Idea Competition
Integrating Biotechnology and Architecture

6. ...Presentation Outline
Hacking
Cases
Values

7. Learn and do science in the same way you
learn and play football? - in social, PASSION DRIVEN clubs-
OPEN to everyone, regardless of your occupation: industry employee,
businessman, politician, bureaucrat, researcher or craftsman
What if you could...

8. The strong association and cooperative-society oriented
culture in Denmark can be a framework for high-tech creative
&
What if ...&
Collaborative Open Innovation?

9. How ?

11. Those who do, decide!
If it takes less than 2 minutes, do it NOW.
No objections within 48 hours, do it!
DO’ocracy *
*

12. What are Hacking &
Biohacking ?

13. 3500 people on
500
800 + 100
Global Hacker
Community
DIYbio.org maillist
DIYbio.eu
Labitat + Biologigaragen

14. Open source hardware
11x11x11 LEDcube by SignOUT

15. Low cost 3D printers designed and built
by Martin Axelsen
for Roskilde Festival Makerspace 2013
Open Source 3D Printing

16. Reverse engineering sextoys
http://www.theymakethatcoolshit.com
DARE
TO
ENGAGE !

17. @Biologigaragen
#Folkeforskning
#DIYbio
#OpenAccess
#OpenScience

18. Get your hands on science once a month
Group Experiment Nights

19. Open Access Microbes
Kulturkollektionen

21. Indoor cultivation knowledge sharing
Indoor Farming Society

22. Exhibition at the Medical Museion of Copenhagen
A collaboration between M. M. Borch, Rüdiger
Trojok & Medical Museion
BioHacking: Do-It-Yourself

23. DIY Gene Gun

24. DIY PCR Machine for
Multiplying DNA
OpenPCR
only $600
Commercial
PCR ~ $6000

25. Find Horse in your lasagne Shark in your sushi Who’s your daddy ?!
Join our lab and use it to..

26. Get your hands on “Science”, once a month
Group Experiment Nights
Powered by Biologigaragen

29. Ethics - “Learning by Hacking”

30. Indoor cultivation knowledge sharing
Indoor Farming Society

32. "TEACHES KIDS TO BE PSYCHOPATHS".
Queen's University philosophy Professor Michael Allen warned that
the device will: "encourage amateurs to operate invasively on living
organisms" and "encourage thinking of complex living organisms as
mere machines or tools".
--against
… email complaints said that Roboroach

33. ..."The backpack allows students to do graduate level research early in life".
++Backyardbrains:
... Had been developed solely to encourage children to take an
interest in neuroscience" … "At the moment this crucially important
subject is woefully under-taught."

34. No chain of command, no excuse: only YOUR Decision
Now what...?? ??
Negotiations and reflections
Should we continue this and under what conditions...?

35. A: “Should we grow our own GMO pets?”
@ our “general discuss mail-list”

37. “It’s Fake! Don’t waste our time with fake links.”B:

38. “It’s Fake! Don’t waste our time with fake links.”
Wouldn’t it be fantastic if we really could do it?
Isn’t this what Labitat is about ? :C
B:

39. There is a difference between the “knowledge to” and actually DO’ing”.
- “We could 3D-print guns but this doesn’t mean that we should use our
3D printers for that.”
.D
"I think we should"I think we should
be able to, but not necessarily DO.

40. Biostrike !
A diybio/citizen science experimental competition to find new antibiotics
http://is.gd/Biostrike

41. http://is.gd/Biostrike

42. Draft DIYbio Code of Ethics from European Congress
Transparency
Emphasize transparency and the sharing of ideas, knowledge, data and results.
Safety
Adopt safe practices.
Open Access
Promote citizen science and decentralized access to biotechnology.
Education
Help educate the public about biotechnology, its benefits and implications.
Modesty
Know you don’t know everything.
Community
Carefully listen to any concerns and questions and respond honestly.
Peaceful Purposes
Biotechnology must only be used for peaceful purposes.
Respect
Respect humans and all living systems.
Responsibility
Recognize the complexity and dynamics of living systems and our responsibility towards them.
Accountability
Remain accountable for your actions and for upholding this code.

43. Conclusions
Reflections
Values

44. @Biologigaragen
#Folkeforskning
#CitizenScience
#DIYbio
#OpenAccess
#OpenScience
Biology and Citizen Science
Thursdays @ 18:00
Electronics & Software
Tuesday evenings
@ Labitat.dk, H.C. Ørestedsvej 5, CPH