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Xi‘an Maker Faire – Hackteria | Reflections and Overview
WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN BIOHACKERS
or how I ended up making cheese
Dr. Marc R. Dusseiller aka dusjagr
www.dusseiller.ch/labs
Xi‘an – July 2017

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What has this to do with Coconuts?

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First Transdisciplinary Experiences
bridging Material Science and Biology

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The NanoBioInterface | 2001 ­ 06
Laboratory for Surface Science and Technology, ETHZ
Marcus Textor, Janos Vörös, Viola Vogel, Nic Spencer

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How I ended up making Cheese...

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Workshops for Artists, Kids and Geeks

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10 Years SGMK ­ 2016
Festival of Mechatronic Arts

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Maker, Art & Tech Workshops for Kids

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Hackerspaces merging
Digital­ and Biotechnologies

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Why I am not (only) a Maker...

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DIY / DIWO
Do It Yourself / Do It With Others
Why Making is not Hacking

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WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN BIOHACKERSWE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN BIOHACKERS

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But what is Biohacking?But what is Biohacking?(It‘s about Life!!!)(It‘s about Life!!!)
Also called:Also called:
DIY (Do It Yourself) BiologyDIY (Do It Yourself) Biology
Community Driven BiologyCommunity Driven Biology
(Grinders / Self-Improvement)(Grinders / Self-Improvement)
Topics:Topics:
Playful Genetic Engineering / SynBioPlayful Genetic Engineering / SynBio
Homebrew DNA testing/sensingHomebrew DNA testing/sensing
Environmental monitoring / Citizen ScienceEnvironmental monitoring / Citizen Science
Body Hacking / Self-diagnosticsBody Hacking / Self-diagnostics
Building your own laboratoryBuilding your own laboratory
Interdisciplinary approaches with Art&DesignInterdisciplinary approaches with Art&Design
Science for the People:Science for the People:
Democratization of tools and knowledgeDemocratization of tools and knowledge

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Other labs... DIY bio general – 2009

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WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN BIOHACKERSWE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN BIOHACKERS
It's glowing! It must be some product of an evil mad scientist!
BioCurious ­ Silicon Valley's Hackerspace for Biotech

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PechBlenda Lab for Elektro­Chemical­Biological Experimentation
Klau Kinky, Paula Pin and Friends ­ PechBlenda
WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN BIOHACKERSWE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN BIOHACKERS

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WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN BIOHACKERSWE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN BIOHACKERS
MicroFarming of Algae (Spirulina) as Nutritional Additives

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WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN BIOHACKERSWE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN BIOHACKERS
Collaboration with HONF, lifepatch.org and UGM, Yogyakarta
Winner of Transmediale Award 2011, IB:SC

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Open Source Biological Art
DIY Biology
Generic Laboratory Infrastructure
Global Network
Radical Transdisciplinarity

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Background: Interactivos?'09

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Hackteria Workshops Global

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ArtScience Bangalore | IGEM 2009­11
IGEM 2009 // 2010 // 2011 // Biomod 2011
Yashas Shetty (IN), Mukund Thatai (IN) and Srishi Students

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Jugaad

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DIY microscopy
Repositioning of the lens turns a
cheap webcam into a microscope

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DIY microscopy
Build a stable stage for fine focusing, example from ArtSci BLR

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Kit or no Kit? Workshopology!

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Opening the Black Box
study it, learn, reflect ­ Hack it!
Thinking outside of the Box
First you got to study what's in the Box

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It's a website (and a wiki)
http://hackteria.org/wiki/Generic_Lab_Equipment
http://hackteria.org/wiki/Generic_Lab_Equipment
Hackteria Wiki – Large resource, but hard to find stuff

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http://www.gaudi.ch/OpenDrop/

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http://www.gaudi.ch/OpenDrop/

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http://www.gaudi.ch/OpenDrop/

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What kinda strange fruit is this?

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How IHow I StoppedStopped Started to WorryStarted to Worry

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GOSH – Global Open Science Hardware
http://openhardware.science/

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Open Science is here to stay
*Jean-Claude Burgelman
(Head of Unit Science Policy, Foresight and Data, at European Commission)
Thomas Hervé Mboa Nkoudou ­ http://www.projetsoha.org/
Conference: Biohacking in the Medical Field ­ Yaoundé, May2017

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Make Something Useful
(or funny… or good enough!)
From DIY to DIWO ­ Do It With Others
Collaborative Development
Create Something Beautiful
Hack the Planet!!

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DIY Biology | Generic Laboratory Infrastructure
* Website
* Knowledge Sharing
* Instructions
* Workshopology
* Citizen Science
* DIY Lab Instruments
* Open Source Hardware
* Global network
Artists, Designers, Hackers, Researchers, Makers, Teachers, Geeks and YOU
Radical Transdisciplinarity