====== Invention, intellectual property etc. ======

**December 9 -- [[http://connectmedia.waag.org/AcadeMany/bio-2015/12/09/|videos]] ([[https://vimeo.com/148381495|review14 on vimeo]], [[https://vimeo.com/148382539|lesson15 on vimeo]]) -- David Sun Kong (MIT)**


====== Speakers ======

  * Urs Gaudenz (Hackteria http://hackteria.org/), discussing open hardware;
  * George, presenting on projects related to this theme;
  * Elizabeth Henaff, presenting on a floating Bio Lab on a barge in a NY canal;

And, last but not least, we have the privilege of having Cady Coleman, a NASA astronaut, joining us to tell about her experiences in space, and an amazing new project-"BioSpace Lab", which is NASA's effort to build a biology lab in space!

====== Readings ======
"Towards synthetic biological approaches to resource utilization on space missions":
http://rsif.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/royinterface/12/102/20140715.full.pdf
 
"The NASA’s Journey to Mars: Pioneering Next Steps in Space Exploration":

http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/journey-to-mars-next-steps-20151008_508.pdf