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"MIT-based researchers and instructors Marcelo Coelho and Skylar Tibbits teamed up to tackle this very problem. Working under a grant from Ars Electronica, the pair conceived of a whole new way to do 3-D printing. Hyperform is a new strategy for designing and printing large objects irrespective of a printer's bed size. So not only can you print out that chair at home, you can also print a table, bed frame, and everything else you need to furnish a bedroom. The solution is breathtakingly simple. By merely folding the object you want to print, you can jig it to fit into a small-scale printer. In Tibbits and Coelho's project, the object is rendered in 1-D--a line--and endlessly folded into a space-filling curve proportioned to the printer's cubic dimensions. (The designers partnered with Formlabs and iterated the process using a Form 1 tabletop printer.) When the object is exhumed from the printer bed, it doesn't at all resemble its final shape. Rather, it's a dense cluster of thin but sturdy polymer links packaged in a three-dimensional puzzle that can be intuitively assembled"

BioArt, Design, science & arts, bemalte Seidenschals, Aquarell

Christian Puritscher "Image + Therapiekonzept Die moderne Alternative zum Gips"

"Today, the White House honored twelve people across the country that they considered to be "Champions Of Change" in Citizen Science. I was one of the twelve who were nominated and then selected. I do feel quite honored. I was asked to write a few words on my thoughts about citizen science for the White House blog - here's what I had to say."

"Medical Museion is hosting an open biology (or "biohacking") laboratory and a series of hands-on public events from January-March 2013. The events are part of the European network, Studiolab, that provides a platform for creative projects that bridge divides between science, art and design"

"Last Summer, our Open Wetlab organized a workshop DNA fingerprinting at the Observe Hack Make festival, to bring hackers in contact with the Open Wetlab and Do-It-Yourself biotech. During the hands-on workshop hackers were guided by Pieter van Boheemen (DIY biologist - Open Wetlab)"

"BioCurious is a completely volunteer run non-profit organization. We serve the community by providing low-cost lab space and classes to members. "

"Biohacking: The next great wave of innovation The hacker culture that launched the computing revolution is now taking root in the bio space"

"I chose S.thermophilus randomly of the two; I could as easily have chosen L.delbrueckii. Fortunately, I didn't, because Tuur Van Balen, syn-bio-artist extraordinaire, has given a practical demonstration for Next Nature on how to do so!"

"Das Ergebnis: Die mit den Bakterien verunreinigte und mit dem Vancomycin behandelte Platte leuchtete deutlich sichtbar auf. Dieses Signal war gut zu erkennen, obwohl das Implantat fast einen Zentimeter unter der Hautoberfläche lag, so die Forscher. "Unsere Ergebnisse zeigen, dass das markierte Vancomycin einen Großteil der klinisch relevanten Gram-positiven Bakterien in vivo nachweisen kann", konstatieren van Osten und ihre Kollegen"

"Great times for science lovers Together we can make science more rewarding Biotech is more than you think"

"I am a Neuroscientist working at the Centre for Integrative Neuroscience (CIN), University of Tübingen, Germany. In My Research I use a combination of 2-photon imaging, electrophysiology and computational modelling to unravel principles of synaptic and network computations in the vertebrate early visual system. Outside my regular work I am also co-founder of a not-for-profit organisation TReND in Africa, dedicated to foster Neuroscience Education and Research on the African continent. Moreover I am contributor to Open Labware, the design and building of open source laboratory equipment based on off-the-shelf electronics and simple mechanics as made possible by 3D printing"

Labor aus dem Drucker

"100,000 skin samples every year (that's 5 square meters of skin or a full cow's-worth annually) at its lab in Lyon. Currently, the company receives bits of donor skin from plastic surgery procedures. Then L'Oreal breaks the samples down into individual cells, re-cultures and grows them into .5 cm testing squares. The whole process takes about a week to complete but could soon be done much faster thanks to Organovo's NovoGen Bioprinting Platform. ... The bioprinter has already partnered with Merk to create liver and kidney tissues"

"Aquaponik ist die Integration von Fischzucht in einer Aquakultureinheit und Gemüse- bzw. Pflanzenanbau in einer Hydroponikeinheit. Dabei ergänzen sich beide Systeme derart, dass ein nahezu störungsfreier und autarker Kreislauf entsteht, indem sowohl Pflanzen als auch Fische hervorragend gedeihen können. Durch die Fütterung der Fische und die mit der Verdauung einhergehende „Verunreinigung" des Produktionswassers mit den Faeces werden dem System gelöste Nährstoffe zugeführt. Da vor allem Nitrit und Ammonium in hohen Konzentrationen zum Sterben der Fische führen kann, müssen diese Stoffe aus dem Wasser entfernt werden. Durch bakterielle Umsetzungen im System werden die Nährstoffe pflanzenverfügbar und von Selbigen in der Hydroponikeinheit über deren Wurzeln aufgenommen. Das gereinigte Wasser kann jetzt wieder den Fischen zugeführt werden und gewährleistet so optimale Lebensbedingungen in einem dem natürlichen Stoffkreislauf sehr nahestehendem technischen Kreislaufsystem. "

Bacteria are often social creatures. Suspended in colonies of varying shapes and sizes, these microbes communicate with their brethren and even other bacterial species - interactions that can sometimes make them more deadly or more resistant to antibiotics. Now, bacterial colonies sculpted into custom shapes by a 3-D printer could be a key to understanding how some antibiotic-resistant infections develop. The new technique uses methods similar to those employed by commercial 3-D printers, which extrude plastic, to create gelatin-based bacterial breeding grounds. These microbial condos can be carved into almost any three-dimensional shape, including pyramids and nested spheres.

"The aim of the project is to get acquainted with usually inaccessible laboratory procedures - extraction of various organic substances and study them further, growing bacteria on agar plates, DNA extraction and sequencing, explant cultures, various behavioral studies (see BrmRat ) and even heredity experiments. A lot of this may be simple stuff you do not need a well-equipped lab for - once we understand the principles, we can make our way forward. Goals The goal of this project is mainly to enable access to experimental biology for everyone interested in it"

"Situé au coeur du campus, aménagé comme un vrai laboratoire de biologie, l'Eprouvette invite le public à se glisser dans la peau de chercheurs pour expérimenter certains grands principes des sciences expérimentales et discuter des enjeux de la recherche."

"Life Science Technologist Pieter van Boheemen works as a project developer for Waag Society's Open Wetlab. Pieter is a Life Science Technologist. In his work he mixes his Genomics degree with lots of experience in IT. He gets his every day inspiration from working with great people, then do cool stuff to maximize everyones motivation and performance"

"Hackteria is a webplatform and collection of Open Source Biological Art Projects instigated in February 2009 by Andy Gracie, Marc Dusseiller and Yashas Shetty, after collaboration during the Interactivos?09 Garage Science at Medialab Prado in Madrid"