Organ printing industry moves forward

Published in February 23rd, 2010

Posted by sonia in Biotech, Longevity tech

Scientists have been experimenting with “printing” various types of human tissue for years now, often using their own tricked-out devices. The Economist has a great article on a company that is now making printers specifically for this purpose. In addition, over at the Singularity Hub, there is a nice discussion of some of [...]

DIY genetic engineering

Published in February 15th, 2010

Posted by sonia in Biotech, Future Tech

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Great article on the topic from the NYT. This sentence is of interest:
Ideally you wouldn’t even need to know anything about DNA to
manipulate it, just as a 5-year-old doesn’t need to understand the
chemical composition of the plastic in his Legos to build a fortress
on the living-room carpet.
We will soon be living in a much [...]

On my way to TED

Published in February 9th, 2010

Posted by sonia in Sonia Arrison speaking engagements

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I’m looking forward to attending the TED2010 conference this week in Long Beach. If you’re going, I recommend hitting all the Singularity University events, one of which I’ll be leading on Friday at 12:45 in the Dome (topic is how exponential advances in technology will affect the future of social communications).

Does the government have your baby’s DNA?

Published in February 4th, 2010

Posted by sonia in Biopolitics

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Here’s a rather disturbing article published by CNN today. Apparently, many “states mandate that newborns be tested for anywhere between 28 and 54 different conditions, and the DNA samples are stored in state labs for anywhere from three months to indefinitely, depending on the state.”
I live in California and we did have our baby [...]