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Biotechnology & bioinformatics
The third speaker is Raymond McCauley, who is affiliated with Singularity University as the leader of the Biotechnology and Bioinformatics program. Raymond is also generous with the information. His exact presentation is unfortunately not available for this article. I did come across a Prezi that is very similar in content.
[prezi id=”https://prezi.com/56e-mxud7ue5/digital-biology/”].
What stuck with me from his presentation was the part about the cost of sequencing (mapping) the human genome. Since the Human Genome Project was completed in 2001, the price has been dropping steadily. From $1,000,000,000 to about $5,000. The cost will drop even further, well below $1 per sequence by 2020.
sequencing
The cheaper gene sequencing makes possible new, personalized medicines (based on your DNA) but also the storage of data in synthetic DNA . It goes too far to go into DNA and the positive aspects (better medicines) and negative aspects (how do you deal with the knowledge of a fatal disease?) in this article.
3D printing
During the event there was also a presentation about 3D printing. The technology behind 3D printing is already more than 25 years old, but is only now starting to gain traction in the world. For those who do not know what 3D printing is: it is the layer-by-layer printing of physical objects in all kinds of materials. From plastic to metal. Actually a kind of inkjet printer, but then in 3 dimensions.
You can design your own lampshade, smartphone case or whatever and then print it out. A party that specializes in this is Shapeways (a spinoff of Philips). The advantage is that you can print in a run of 1 piece, something that would be very expensive with traditional production methods.
You can create 'unique' products yourself and print israel phone data them out. Why do I put unique in brackets? Because a 3D printer does not make the user a designer. Developing a 3D model is an art and for many users, modifying a design using special apps is actually the best way to 3D print.
Do It All Yourself (DIAY)
Yuri van Geest, ambassador of Singularity University in the Netherlands, also gave a presentation. The essence of his presentation is: we can do it all ourselves (see for example the 3D printing story above). Although Yuri did not tell any untruths, it is still good to add a side note here. We can brew our own beer (microbrewery), but should Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken now stare gloomily out of the window because her father's empire is going under? No! For enthusiasts this has been a possibility (for years actually). The masses will go to the supermarket anyway.
The third speaker is Raymond McCauley, who is affiliated with Singularity University as the leader of the Biotechnology and Bioinformatics program. Raymond is also generous with the information. His exact presentation is unfortunately not available for this article. I did come across a Prezi that is very similar in content.
[prezi id=”https://prezi.com/56e-mxud7ue5/digital-biology/”].
What stuck with me from his presentation was the part about the cost of sequencing (mapping) the human genome. Since the Human Genome Project was completed in 2001, the price has been dropping steadily. From $1,000,000,000 to about $5,000. The cost will drop even further, well below $1 per sequence by 2020.
sequencing
The cheaper gene sequencing makes possible new, personalized medicines (based on your DNA) but also the storage of data in synthetic DNA . It goes too far to go into DNA and the positive aspects (better medicines) and negative aspects (how do you deal with the knowledge of a fatal disease?) in this article.
3D printing
During the event there was also a presentation about 3D printing. The technology behind 3D printing is already more than 25 years old, but is only now starting to gain traction in the world. For those who do not know what 3D printing is: it is the layer-by-layer printing of physical objects in all kinds of materials. From plastic to metal. Actually a kind of inkjet printer, but then in 3 dimensions.
You can design your own lampshade, smartphone case or whatever and then print it out. A party that specializes in this is Shapeways (a spinoff of Philips). The advantage is that you can print in a run of 1 piece, something that would be very expensive with traditional production methods.
You can create 'unique' products yourself and print israel phone data them out. Why do I put unique in brackets? Because a 3D printer does not make the user a designer. Developing a 3D model is an art and for many users, modifying a design using special apps is actually the best way to 3D print.
Do It All Yourself (DIAY)
Yuri van Geest, ambassador of Singularity University in the Netherlands, also gave a presentation. The essence of his presentation is: we can do it all ourselves (see for example the 3D printing story above). Although Yuri did not tell any untruths, it is still good to add a side note here. We can brew our own beer (microbrewery), but should Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken now stare gloomily out of the window because her father's empire is going under? No! For enthusiasts this has been a possibility (for years actually). The masses will go to the supermarket anyway.