Presented at:

* ROTARY Meeting, Helsingør, 2014-08-27

Martin Malthe Borch, @MMBorch

Mmborch.dk, Biologigaragen.org, Labitat.dk, Kopenlab.dk

Hacker Culture & Do-It-Yourself Biology

Introduction

Examples

Personal stories and reflections

Outline

Me

Internet & Hacker Culture

Open Source Soft- & Hardware

Hacker Spaces

DIY Biology

Me

Classic university science

@Biologigaragen.org#DIYbio

#OpenAccess

#OpenScience

Researcher IT-University of CopenhagenCommunication, Games & Interaction Design

Rise of Internet & Hacker Culture

INTERNET

• 2nd WW research funding through US-military

• 1951 Lincoln Laboratory @ MIT improving the nation's air

defense system through advanced electronics.

• The TX-0, for Transistorized Experimental computer zero

• 1953 Semi-Automatic Ground Environment (MIT -

Laboratory for Computer Science and the Artificial

Intelligence Laboratory. - Predictor

• ARPANET 1969 to 1990 first internet - fault-tolerant

communication via computer networks

• Internet founded in 1981 when the National Science

Foundation (NSF) developed the Computer Science

Network (CSNET). In 1982, the Internet Protocol

Suite (TCP/IP) was standardized.

HACKER Culture

• MIT Railroad Club 1946

• Culture developed through the programmers writing

the code.

• Late 1960’s. Counter culture & back to the land

communes.

• Black panther party 60-70s

• Home Brew Computer Club 1975

• The whole earth network

The Well

the Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link 1985,

The Electronic Frontier Foundation

EFF provides funds for legal defense in court,

presents amici curiae briefs, defends individuals and

new technologies from what it considers baseless or

misdirected legal threats, works to

expose governmentmalfeasance, provides guidance to

the government and courts, organizes political action and

mass mailings, supports some new technologies which it

believes preserve personal freedoms,

Out of O’Reilly Media 1984

That again came from

The whole internet users Guide from

The whole earth catalogue

HACKING vs. CRAKING

HACKER VALUES

• Access to computers-and anything that might

teach you something about the way the world

works-should be unlimited and total.

• All information should be free.

• Hackers should be judged by their hacking, not

bogus criteria such as degrees, age, race, or

position.

• Freedom on the internet

Anonymous

Open Networks

Wikipedia

Open source

Software -> Hardware

Open source Software

Open HardwareArduino 2005

Interaction design Institute Ivrea.

CIID 2006

Open Hardware3D print & Laser Cutting

NETWORKS IN DK

• Wikipedia community

• Open knowledge foundation

Art groups

• Illutron

• Labitat

• Biologigaragen

• Science friction

And many more…

HOW THEY WORK

Organisation & Communication

Hackerspaces

Labitat

Labitat.dk A creative space for makers and hackers in Copenhagen

WTF is Biohacking

Open community communication

Chat

Maillist

Wiki

Instant chat

https://labitat.dk/irc/

Those who do, decide!

If it takes less than 2 minutes, do it NOW.

No objections within 48 hours, do it!

DO’ocracy *

*

Reverse engineering sextoysLabitat / Biologigaragen Workshop at Roskilde Festival 2013

DARE

TO

ENGAGE !

DIYBIO

@Biologigaragen.org#DIYbio

#OpenAccess

#OpenScience

Get your hands on science once a month

Group Experiment Nights

Open Access Microbes

Kulturkollektionen

DIY Laboratory Equipment

http://hackteria.org/wiki/Main_Page

DIY PCR Machine for

Multiplying DNA

OpenPCR

only $600

Commercial

PCR ~ $6000

Build your own

Build your own

http://hackteria.org/wiki/Main_Page

Find Horse in your lasagne Shark in your sushi Who’s your daddy ?!

use it to..

3500 people on

500

800 + 100

Global diybio

Community

DIYbio.org maillist

DIYbio.eu

Labitat + Biologigaragen

iGEM

Lego Biology

Draft DIYbio Code of Ethics from European Congress

TransparencyEmphasize transparency and the sharing of ideas, knowledge, data and results.

SafetyAdopt safe practices.

Open AccessPromote citizen science and decentralized access to biotechnology.

EducationHelp educate the public about biotechnology, its benefits and implications.

ModestyKnow you don’t know everything.

CommunityCarefully listen to any concerns and questions and respond honestly.

Peaceful PurposesBiotechnology must only be used for peaceful purposes.

RespectRespect humans and all living systems.

ResponsibilityRecognize the complexity and dynamics of living systems and our responsibility towards them.

AccountabilityRemain accountable for your actions and for upholding this code.

DIY Gene GunBy Rüdiger Trojok, Photo MMBorch

Exhibition at the Medical Museion of Copenhagen

A collaboration between M. M. Borch,

Rüdiger Trojok & Medical Museion

BioHacking: Do-It-Yourself

Biostrike !

A diybio/citizen science experimental competition to find new antibiotics

http://is.gd/Biostrike

http://is.gd/Biostrike

Collaboration & Open Innovation

Biostrike !

A diybio/citizen science experimental competition to find new antibiotics

http://is.gd/Biostrike

Medico-bio project. Startet in Copenhagen by Malthe & Pieter. International open collaboration and all over the world.Worrkshops in Tel Aviv, Singapore, Educate - Tech Science and discuss methods currently used.

Baessy

Open source tools & assays for citizen science.

http://biologigaragen.org/baessy/

TAKE HOME

Key Points

• Change government, Science, and industrial Science

• New Open R&D business models

• The knowledge is not the most important IP any longer but

the personal design and application

• Biology will be the future material

Industries that still need to change how they do and operate.

• Pharma & Banking Industry

Martin Malthe Borch

Master of Science Biological Engineering

Master in Interaction Design

Integrating biotech in architecture and design

* Researcher ITU, CGID. Bioreactor engineering in Art, Science & Technology

* Co-founder of Biologigaragen.org #Folkeforskning #CitizenScience

Twitter: @mmborch

Blog Ingeniøren: http://ing.dk/blogs/folkeforsker

Pictures: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mmborch/sets/

Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=16826487

www.biologigaragen.org

www.Labitat.dk

www.kopenlab.dk