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| biotechnology [2011-02-20 15:36] – [Alter Nature Symposium] 91.86.27.95 | biotechnology [2011-02-20 15:55] – [Alter Nature Symposium] takufoam |
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| ==== biological systems ==== | ==== biological systems ==== |
| * tumbleweeds that have a taste for depeletd uranium | * tumbleweeds that have a taste for depleted uranium |
| * http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2004-11/gsoa-tgf110504.php | * http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2004-11/gsoa-tgf110504.php |
| * see also [[Extremophiles]] | * see also [[Extremophiles]] |
| Fri, Feb.18, 011 - University of Hasselt [BE] | Fri, Feb.18, 011 - University of Hasselt [BE] |
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| | **Designing Nature** |
| **Adam Zaretsky - Art & Gene Action: Pathways to Expression** | **Adam Zaretsky - Art & Gene Action: Pathways to Expression** |
| "Diversity is a record of the unpredictability of anatomy. Time based living media shows control's drift. Beyond the anarchistic love of results, what can drive the widest range of aestheticised bodies to leap into science's waiting arms?" | "Diversity is a record of the unpredictability of anatomy. Time based living media shows control's drift. Beyond the anarchistic love of results, what can drive the widest range of aestheticised bodies to leap into science's waiting arms?" |
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| **Designing Life** | **Designing Life** |
| Artist Koen Vanmechelen talked about his well known Cosmopolitan Chicken Project launched in the late nineties to create through cross-breeding domestic chickens from all over the world the "truly cosmopolitan chicken"; 'a metaphor for the global cultural and genetic mix that diversity and hybridization create'. dr. Ir. Rinie van Est from the dutch Rathenau Institute raised questions like 'What does it mean to be human/What is the human condition; Who controls the brain interventions; f.i. remote controlled rats; total engagement in games > gamification of life, of war... He pointed at two bio-engineering megatrends, B iology becomes T echnology and vice versa. A convergence takes place of Information revolution, Materials(nano) revolution, Biotech revolution (Jeremy Rifkin would have asked why he does not mention the [[http://www.foet.org/ongoing/documents/LeadingWayThirdIndustrialRevEUabridged5-14-08.pdf|Energy revolution here)]]. | |
| | **Koen Vanmechelen** talked about his well known //Cosmopolitan Chicken Project// launched in the late nineties to create through cross-breeding domestic chickens from all over the world the "truly cosmopolitan chicken"; 'a metaphor for the global cultural and genetic mix that diversity and hybridization create'. |
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| | dr. Ir. Rinie van Est from the dutch Rathenau Institute raised questions that fused by the **Bio-Machine Era** [Joel Garreau, 2004]: 'What does it mean to be human/What is the human condition; Who controls the brain interventions; f.i. remote controlled rats; total engagement in games > gamification of life, of war... He pointed at two bio-engineering megatrends, B iology becomes T echnology and vice versa. A convergence takes place of Information revolution, Materials(nano) revolution, Biotech revolution (Jeremy Rifkin would have asked why Mr. van Est does not mention the [[http://www.foet.org/ongoing/documents/LeadingWayThirdIndustrialRevEUabridged5-14-08.pdf|Energy revolution)]]. |
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| //Here and now In the future, the performative performance- by designer/researcher J. Paul Neeley - President of Gaia Corporation (2023), "company of the past next 12 years" - introducing | //Here and now In the future, the performative performance- by designer/researcher J. Paul Neeley - President of Gaia Corporation (2023), "company of the past next 12 years" - introducing |
| Does synthetic biology differ substantially from "classical" genetic engineering and what role do patents play?" | Does synthetic biology differ substantially from "classical" genetic engineering and what role do patents play?" |
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| And perhaps a 2-sentence pop-up during Wauthier Robyns, CEO of Assuralia insurance company talk (words) | And perhaps a 2-sentence pop-up during Wauthier Robyns, CEO of Assuralia insurance company [BE] talk (words) |
| "Insurance, the silent keystone of modern life" - "The problem with nanotech is the difficulty to estimate its risk." | "Insurance, the silent keystone of modern life" - "The problem with nanotech is the difficulty to estimate its risk." |
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| http://www.uhasselt.be/CMK-en | http://www.uhasselt.be/CMK-en |
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| | **Garreau, Joel** (2005) Radical Evolution: The Promise and Peril of Enhancing Our Minds, Our Bodies, and What It Means to Be Human - Doubleday. http://www.garreau.com/main.cfm?action=book&id=2 |
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| //by bartaku | //bartaku011 |
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