http://www.psfk.com Your Go-To Source For New Ideas And Inspiration Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:04:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.psfk.com/2012/01/neon-bacteria-lights.html Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:00:25 +0000 The "biopixels" in this living display can be made to glow in unison and have potential uses in medical research.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/11/philips-biolight-uses-bacteria-to-light-up-rooms.html Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:16:03 +0000 The light is part of the tech giant's Microbial Home ecosystem, a concept in which the home is turned into a living organism.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/09/wmmna-hackteria-%e2%80%93-open-source-biological-art.html Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:04:26 +0000 Hackteria aims to help people experiment with biological art and science.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/12/bacterial-colonies-form-living-circuitry.html Wed, 15 Dec 2010 12:42:27 +0000 Researchers corral populations of bacteria to perform the same logic functions as silicon.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/11/bacteria-bioencryption-may-make-your-hard-drive-extinct.html Mon, 29 Nov 2010 13:01:54 +0000 DNA encryption advances signal staggering implications for data storage of the near future.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/09/biocurious-a-community-lab-for-biotechnology.html Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:58:50 +0000 An ambitious project aims to create a hackerspace for biotech projects.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/08/protocol-architecture-using-fictitious-narratives-to-innovate.html Mon, 16 Aug 2010 18:29:12 +0000 A team of designers adopt an unconventional methodology for architectural design. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/01/bioengineering-e-coli-to-replace-corn.html Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:16:28 +0000 Scientists have modified E.Coli to produce fuel.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/09/diy-dna-the-rise-of-biohacking.html Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:12:33 +0000 The tinkering that we now only associate with technology and machines, is emerging within the fields of genetics and biotechnology. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2008/12/a-medical-test-for-the-third-world.html Wed, 24 Dec 2008 18:00:28 +0000 A team of Harvard University chemists have developed a simple technology that takes an expensive medical device know as a microfluidic chip and puts it within reach of the third world.  Using paper and double-sided tape as opposed to rubbers or plastics that require multimillion dollar fabrication equipment, these chips can eventually be made widely available for mere pennies on the dollar.     [They] operate much like a home pregnancy test, in which liquid creeps up a cellulose strip toward a color-changing line. But unlike the pregnancy test, these new chips can split a single stream of liquid intoRead more...]]>