Sunday 5 May 2013

BABYBE goes to MIT!!


BABYBE project was chosen between the three finalist of Aji Challenge to pitch the project in the MIT in front of a jury of experts!!!
This will take place in the frame of Encuentros2013, the largest gathering of Chilean students, researcher, professionals and entrepreneurs abroad, which will be held from 27th to 30th of June at the MIT Media Lab in Boston.  

3D portraits from random DNA samples

Heather Dewey-Hagborg
Something you may not be aware is that you are leaving a DNA footprint behind every chewing-gum you throw away in the street. And something you may not even imagine is that there someone that can pick it up, go to a DIY biology lab, amplify the DNA sample through PCR (polymerase chain reaction)  to study the SNPs (Single Nucleotide Polymorphism) and trace in this way genetic traits like, gender, eye color, hair color, ancestry and so. But that´s not the end of the story, after an Allele profile has been define a computer software builds a 3D model of THE FACE! of the individual whose DNA was found in the chewing-gum and after some "finishing touches" the 3D model is printed and hang in a wall (some will say like a hunting trophy) of an Art Gallery. Yes, this is an Art project still. Heather Dewey-Hagborg is the responsible for this amazing journey from Science to Art. Her work can be seen in some galleries now and of course in her website and in her Blog.

Via: thisiscolossal
 

Thursday 2 May 2013

A boy and his Atom, The world´s smallest movie!!! (dancing atoms)


Ok, This is something we were not waiting for. Usually in technology you can predict with certain accuracy where things are going, either smaller or integrated in most cases. But this time foreseeing a stop motion movie made by moving single atoms around would have been a prove of prophetic talents, and this is not only because it´s a movie recorded with a 100 million times magnifier glass but because there are atoms telling the story of a kind falling in love with one of them, playing, jumping and laughing together. Of course the implications of this technology go far beyond the realm of filmmaking  straight to the data storage industry, promising that in a not so far future we would be able to storage all the movies ever made in one single smartphone.  Now think about this, what a better way to start that story, the story on which knowing something like the back of my hand will mean to know all the information ever produce by man, that with a love story between a young, curious and open mind and the single piece of matter that  builds that mind. That´s is just Poetic.
Cheers on IBM research for this one!!!

To see the making of  click here