Synbio interview
Spent most of the day outside today. It was a good chance for me to browse through the textbook ‘biotechnology for beginner’. I did most of reading in the quiet of the central library, though I did spend the early morning relaxing with some coffee in the Bryant park (before going off to a lecture … Read more
Today’s diybio nyc meetup
I got through another meeting with the diybio nyc peeps. Mostly it was management related talk with what came to be the founding members of the group, in terms of getting legal status and finding space for the group. The biggest problem for the group at the moment seem to be lack of lab-worthy space. … Read more
Blackberry impression
Okay, so I’ve been testing out (read:playing with) the new blackberry I picked up this morning. This is a cheap-o blackberry model that comes with full keyboard, GPS, and 2mp camera with video recording capability but no wifi. And it’s on the lacking side when it comes to the number of bands it can transmit … Read more
Internet intelligence
So here’s an interesting short article on the possibility of internet gaining some type of consciousness due to its network based emergence-friendly structure. The author is the famous Ben Goertzel, one of the foremost minds of the futurist/AI school. If you’ve got time you should check out his blog for other articles as well. I’ve … Read more
