1. Hacking Life
A brief and chaotic overview
of DIYbio, biohacking and
transhumanism
Paul Kennedy

2. What do these words mean?
DIYBio: a movement that applies the DIY
ethic to biological systems and biological
research
Biohacking: The application of the DIYBio
ethic to a specific challenge or project
Transhumanism: a movement of
intellectuals, futurists and biohackers
(grinders) with the goal of enhancing
human intellectual or physical capabilities

3. DIYBio and Biohacking Groups
Hackspaces
London BioHackSpace

4. DIYBio and Biohacking Groups
Academia

5. DIYBio and Biohacking Groups
Open-Source Methods and Resources

6. Projects
Chromochord
Stranger Visions Biojewellery
Glowing Plant

7. Projects
Biocurious cell printer DIY incubator
Robo Roach Near-infrared vision

8. Transhumanism (H+) and DIYBio
Neil Harbisson Lepht Anonym
Amal Graafstra Tim Cannon

9. My work – bioreactors
(Also a bioreactor!)
Controlled
environments for
growing things like
yeast, bacteria or
algae

10. Project Inspiration: DIY Bioreactor

11. Take home messages
• Nothing stopping you except mistakes,
and pain/sepsis/death in the case of
grinding. The information is out there.
• I will post a linkstorm of all the stuff I
spoke about here:
www.dreamingtothefuture.wordpress.
com and on the Arduino CT group
• Watch this video – “Neil Harbisson: I
listen to colour”