Design and the Life Sciences
summary
Design meets synthetic biology with concrete examples: a 3D‑print adapter that turns a Dremel into a working Dremel centrifuge enabling bedroom DNA work, engineered microbes that act as sensors and a demonstrated programmable gut bacteria that records signals, rapid adoption of CRISPR-Cas9 for gene edits, silk‑worm–spun pavilions and structural mycelium bricks, DARPA funding of microbial programs, 5,000‑student iGEM scale, and public projects like cheese made from human microbiomes—each showing what was built, how it works, who funded it, and what risk or ethics emerged.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Start
- 0:12Design and the Life Sciences
- 8:30Michael John Gorman
- 15:57Human Pollination Project
- 16:50Foragers
- 18:51Human Microbiome
- 19:21New Museum of Life Sciences for Munich
- 23:50Synthetic Aesthetics
- 25:58Designing for the Sixth Extinction
