Markus Schmidt

neja — Fri, 26 Jul 2013 13:08:21 +0000

Synthetic biology is the attempt to apply engineering principles to biology. Moti-
vated by Richard Feynman’s last words „What I cannot build I do not under-
stand“, synthetic biologists want to go beyond description and analysis and
really construct living systems. Given the complexity of living systems, however,
this is no easy task. In order to reduce the complexity and make biology easier
to engineer, the development of a toolbox for the modular design of biological
systems is high on the agenda. If successful, “de-skilling” might finally unleash
the full potential of biotechnology and spark a wave of innovation, as more and
more people would have the necessary skills to engineer biology. A number of
“biohackers”, “Do-it-yourself-biologists” and “amateur biologist” have started to
take biotechnology out of the lab and into kitchens, garages and community
centres. The ramifications of this development involve economic (patents vs.
open access), socio-political (democratisation of biotech), environmental and sa-
fety issues, that will be discussed in this presentation.

Marko Tkalčič (SI)

neja — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 15:10:49 +0000

Marko Tkalčič is an engineer and author/co-author of several scientific research mostly interested in emotions as a mean to improve our recommender systems. He talks more about the Sparx project, in which he is developing of recommender systems that simulate the human brain. So the main idea is the clone, copy of the human brain which makes decisions.

Working with someone who is more from artistic area should broaden my views and contribute to that am i doing in engineering area.

Ideología o estilo de vida que tipifican las grandes corrientes en las comunidades LGBTI y y los demás con los que han colaborado. Puede afirmarse que las farmacias Vforor “oficialmente” han salido de la crisis.

ARTISTTALK » engineering

Markus Schmidt

Marko Tkalčič (SI)