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Biohackers: El laboratorio se traslada al garaje "Nosotros [biohackers] rechazamos la percepción popular de que la ciencia sólo se hace en los laboratorios de las universidades, las empresas que han costado millones de dólares o el Gobierno; nosotros sostenemos que el derecho a la libertad de investigación, para buscar el conocimiento por uno mismo, es un derecho tan fundamental como el de la libertad de expresión o religiosa". La frase forma parte del llamado Manifiesto Biopunk, considerado la declaración de principios del movimiento DIY BIO (Do It Yourself Biology o Biología casera). Sus integrantes quieren sacar la biotecnología de las grandes corporaciones y, desde sus garajes, llevar los beneficios de la ingeniería genética a toda la humanidad. La modificación genética no es nueva. "La libertad de investigación es tan fundamental como la de expresión" Al menos, ese es el objetivo confeso de la autora del manifiesto, la programadora autodidacta estadounidense Meredith Patterson. Con software libre Cuatro grupos de ‘biohackers'

Making 'MakerCulture: Taking Things into Our Own Hands' Check out the blog, wiki, podcasts, photostream and YouTube channel and feature stories, all part of a new series on The Tyee. Behind the scenes as 45 students create the MakerCulture series. For 12 weeks in the fall of 2009, 45 online journalism students at Ryerson University and the University of Western Ontario worked together to document the evolving Maker Culture community. Maker Culture? These are people who aren't just making things, they're making a point of sharing what they've learned, what they've made, and why. Makers are responding directly, locally to globalization, commercialization, copyright and central command and control. And, they're everywhere: building printers that can print themselves, mashing up music, doing science at home, changing their cities and countries, even imagining how we could print out our own organs. Sometimes they even helped it grow. Multi-media, multi-parts, multi-audiences Photos: Check out our photostream. Videos: On our You Tube channel.

The Way Things Work The New Way Things Work[edit] A newer version, The New Way Things Work, released on October 26, 1998, contains additional text on the workings of computers and digital technology. It also lacks two pages from the first edition; one page demonstrated the working of a mechanical coin-operated parking meter. Table of Contents for The New Way Things Work[edit] Part One—The Mechanics of Movement Part Two—Harnessing the Elements Part Three—Working with Waves Part Four—Electricity and Automation Part Five—The Digital Domain Making Binary digitsStoring BitsProcessing BitsSending BitsUsing Bits/Digital SystemsEpilog Eureka! Technical Terms Index Publishing history[edit] References[edit] Online | The Re-Emergence of DIY vs. Big Organizations by Johnny Lee Today we have a special guest post The Re-Emergence of DIY vs Big Organizations by Johnny Lee. The post is here on MAKE in its entirety with permission. It’s an excellent read for makers, innovators, and any company looking to harness the smarts of the tinkerers out there. Johnny Lee is best known for his Wiimote hacking, which sparked thousands of projects. And most recently, I worked with him (and Ladyada) on the Kinect hack + bounty. I have actually put quite a bit of thought toward this topic having recently jumped back and forth between the DIY hobby culture, serious academic research, and massively funded commercial product development. One thing that I find very consistent: good ideas come from anywhere. There’s a really great TEDx talk by Simon Sinek that touches on this. The great thing about the hacker community is that, generally, most of them fall into the latter category. But, why is this re-emergence happening now? I have a theory. Phillip Torrone Related

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