Creating Living Cities
summary
Cities face doubling scale pressures: another billion people in ~16 years while urban density rises. Practical moves include using a 3D printer for DNA to synthesize sequences via services like the Shapeways-of-DNA, booting the first synthetic cell (reported ~4 years ago), and assembling the baker's yeast chromosome for production. Bioprinting already makes tissue for pharma testing; biofabrication yields things like microbial Sandstone bricks. Chips reach ~11 nm and biology offers the only robust molecular toolset for future grown infrastructure.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:25Cities are growing
- 1:33The Industrial Revolution
- 2:31Living Cells
- 3:22Biological Engineering
- 4:35PR9 Facility
- 7:28Synthetic Biology
- 8:48Bioprinting
- 9:40Traditional Manufacturing
- 10:28Living Systems
