biology – Artificial Intelligence https://ars.electronica.art/ai/en Ars Electronica Festival 2017 Tue, 28 Jun 2022 13:43:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.6 Talk: Bi.xels – Bio–Displays with Cell Free Technologies https://ars.electronica.art/ai/en/bixels-talk/ Tue, 08 Aug 2017 12:01:05 +0000 https://ars.electronica.art/ai/?p=3626

Helene Steiner (AT), Thomas Meany (IL)

DNA is the code and the cell is the computer. We take cells apart and extract the billion year old processors that turn DNA into protein, enzymes and molecules. You can use DNA as a program to create almost anything, anywhere. You can create vital biomolecules like insulin, or odors and smells, and bio-compatible color palettes or glow in the dark proteins.

Join us for an interesting talk, discussion and hands-on experience on how to build your own bio-display and hear about our workshops, projects and curriculum for biodesign at the Royal College of Art.

]]> Hybrid Art – Microbial Design Studio: 30-day Simit Diet https://ars.electronica.art/ai/en/hybrid-art-microbialdesignstudio/ Tue, 08 Aug 2017 09:40:55 +0000 https://ars.electronica.art/ai/?p=3224

Karen Hogan (US), Mike Hogan (US), Orkan Telhan (US)

The Microbial Design Studio (MDS) was designed by researchers from the Design Class and the Biology Institute of the University of Pennsylvania with experts from industry. It is intended to allow laypeople to inform themselves about genetically modified organisms and the practices of transgenic design.

The MDS was used, for example, to create the 30-day Simit Diet: different strands of wild yeast from people from various parts of Istanbul are combined with transgenic organisms that can produce vitamins, flavors and smells, and the mixed into the dough of the traditional Turkish simit pastries. This way a completely new simit with different characteristics was made every day.

The MDS is intended not only to present a new, progressive technology, but also to raise the question of how we want to design ourselves, our lives and life around us.

Credits

www.biorealize.com

]]> Experts Tour: Botanical Intelligence https://ars.electronica.art/ai/en/expertstour-botanicalintelligence/ Wed, 02 Aug 2017 06:30:22 +0000 https://ars.electronica.art/ai/?p=1879

There is no artificial intelligence without natural intelligence! Are human beings the sole owners of intelligence? The Expert Tour “Botanical Intelligence” poses the exciting question: Where are the limits of our knowledge? And what has this to do with our environment and our perception? We focus on plants, the actual rulers of this world. The range of topics we touch in this guided tour ranges from biodiversity to botanical sensory life to plant sex.

Dr. Friedrich Schwarz (AT), Botanical Garden Linz, Biological Station

FRI Sept. 8, 2017

FRI Sept. 8, 2017, 3:00 PM-4:30 PM (German)

MON Sept. 11, 2017

MON Sept. 11, 2017, 3:00 PM-4:30 PM (German)

Infos

Meeting Point: POSTCITY WE GUIDE YOU Meeting Point
Duration: 90 minutes
Language: German
Price: € 16 / € 12 reduced

Register now!
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