Invention, intellectual property etc.
December 9 – videos (review14 on vimeo, 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