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Quorum sensing is a type of decision-making process used by decentralized groups to coordinate behavior. Many species of bacteria use quorum sensing to coordinate their gene expression according to the local density of their population.The Bacterial Net attempts to transfer this decision making process over the Internet. Using Microcontollers and sensors to detect bacterial population and a public web service http://www.pachube.com that helps transfer sensor information. The Bacterial Net is an exploration in bringing the Internet into the Natural Ecosystem.
 * Project 1: The Bacterial Net- Microbial Telecommunications.
 * Project 1: The Bacterial Net- Microbial Telecommunications.


 * Project 2: Bioelectronix
 * Project 2: Bioelectronix



Integrating electronics into biological culture devices needs different approaches. the use of silicone-rubbers for sealing off the wet/humid bio-part from the silicon circuits and sensors allows the making of hybrid bioelectronic devices. An Illustrated handbook that shows you how to work with MIT's parts registry
 * Project 3: Synthetic Biology for Artists and Designers: A primer
 * Project 3: Synthetic Biology for Artists and Designers: A primer
 * Project 4: ArtScienceBangalore 2009-Synthetic Biology for Artists and Designers
 * Project 4: ArtScienceBangalore 2009-Synthetic Biology for Artists and Designers

see also the docu for Prix Ars Electronica


 * Project 5: DIY microscopy
 * Project 5: DIY microscopy

a small hack to the optics of a standard webcam with an adjustable focus-lens, allows to create video data, with a magnification of around 100 to 400x (depending on the model) at a working distance of a few mm. The highest magnifications can be achieved by inverting (putting upside down) the lens. Addition of good lighting by the use of leds allows to create images using a bright-field method (shine through the stuff) or dark field method (look at the reflections and scattering).

Building your own Electrophoresis Gel Box is easy. Here's how you do it!
 * Project 6:DIY $25 Gel Box
 * Project 6:DIY $25 Gel Box

instead of using standard lab culture tools, such as flasks or petri-dishes, artists might want to design their own devices to culture and inhabitate living organisms and keep them alive. simple devices can be cast in silicone to incorporate all the necessary environemtal conditions for long time survival of microorganisms.
 * Project 7: bio habitats
 * Project 7: bio habitats


 * Project 8: DIY Microfluidics
 * Project 8: DIY Microfluidics


 * Project 9: DIY Plant Tissue culture and Engineering
 * Project 9: DIY Plant Tissue culture and Engineering

Pd_microscope is the software package that you can use to control your DIY microscope. It's a work in progress
 * Project 10: Pd_microscope
 * Project 10: Pd_microscope

Spectroscopy means the analysis of natural phenomena according to its energy distribution. In case of the electromagnetic spectra, ranging from x-ray, visible light, infrated to radio frequencies, this can be used to analyse chemical compounds, follow biochemical reactions or get information of the composition of stars. This project tries utilize webcams, CD/DVD and some construction material, to get a spectral analysis of ultra-violett and visible light sources, which might be used to follow enzymatic and metabolic reactions in cultured microorganisms and bacteria.
 * Project 11: DIY spectroscopy
 * Project 11: DIY spectroscopy

A bunch of regular people with very little idea of Synthetic Biology but ready to pick up eveything about it.
 * Project 12: ArtScienceBangalore 2010-Synthetic Biology for Artists and Designers
 * Project 12: ArtScienceBangalore 2010-Synthetic Biology for Artists and Designers

Download the nicely illustrated Comic Book on Synthetic Ecologies here


 * Project 13: DIY handheld centrifuge
 * Project 13: DIY handheld centrifuge


 * Project 14: DIY table top centrifuge
 * Project 14: DIY table top centrifuge


 * Project 15: DIY Incubator
 * Project 15: DIY Incubator


 * Project 16: DIY Fermentation or the Art of making Wine
 * Project 16: DIY Fermentation or the Art of making Wine


 * Project 17: Hacked Optical Mouse
 * Project 17: Hacked Optical Mouse


 * Project 18: DIY Sterlisation Hood
 * Project 18: DIY Sterlisation Hood


 * Project 19: DIY Water Bath
 * Project 19: DIY Water Bath

Home made GFP bacteria
 * Project 20: GFP Protocol Jugaad
 * Project 20: GFP Protocol Jugaad

Gives information and protocals of equipment and bacteria put on it
 * Project 21: ReacTable
 * Project 21: ReacTable

Grow your own algae at home with some plastic bottles, lighting and air bubbles
 * Project 22: Algae Culture at Home
 * Project 22: Algae Culture at Home

Modify a mobile phone into a useful field microscope by replacing the lens with a cheap flipped wemcam lens..
 * Project 23: Mobile Phone Field Microscope
 * Project 23: Mobile Phone Field Microscope

simple light absorption measurements for water monitoring or nanoparticle detection using an arduino, a laser or LED and an LDR.
 * Project 24: DIY turbidity meters
 * Project 24: DIY turbidity meters

different design for easy to build stages for the DIY microscope, z-stage, x-y servo controlled stage and more...
 * Project 25: Laser-cut microscopy stages
 * Project 25: Laser-cut microscopy stages

Because nanotechnology is situated at the interface of many disciplines it is best to organize some basic gear from various sources, such as a local electronics store, gardening shops or various online suppliers for household tools and electronic gadgets. You will need to set up some basic laboratory instruments for doing simple biology, chemistry, fabrication&manufacturing and some physical computing to connect everything to your computer.
 * Project 26: How to start a nanolab
 * Project 26: How to start a nanolab

always useful to stir things automatically if you are lazy...
 * Project 27: Magnetic stirrer
 * Project 27: Magnetic stirrer

dispensing, cutting, printing, growing with a robotic platform. Aka NanoFabrik
 * Project 28: DIY Micro Dispensing and Bio Printing
 * Project 28: DIY Micro Dispensing and Bio Printing

Link to IGEM site
 * Project 29: ArtScienceBangalore 2011-Synthetic Biology for Artists and Designers
 * Project 29: ArtScienceBangalore 2011-Synthetic Biology for Artists and Designers

Download the nicely illustrated booklet on "Dirt" here

Link to Biomod site
 * Project 30: ArtScienceBangalore 2011-Nanotechnology for Artists and Designers
 * Project 30: ArtScienceBangalore 2011-Nanotechnology for Artists and Designers

Tempe(h) is a fermented food. But it's not meant to preserve the material from rottenness. It's for style. Analogue meat they said. So, once you made your own tempe(h). Cook it! Eat it!
 * Project 31: TEMPE(h) : THE INSTRUCTIONS
 * Project 31: TEMPE(h) : THE INSTRUCTIONS


 * Project 32: Daphniaology
 * Project 32: Daphniaology


 * Project 33: Ants
 * Project 33: Ants


 * Project 34: Book: Homemade Biological Art
 * Project 34: Book: Homemade Biological Art

Baerman funnels, Berlese-Tullgren funnel, habitats
 * Project 35: The Art of Hunting
 * Project 35: The Art of Hunting

some links to alternative and DIY thermocycling experiments.
 * Project 36: Jugaad PCR Thermocyclers
 * Project 36: Jugaad PCR Thermocyclers

some links and ideas to mobile labs...
 * Project 37: MobileLabs
 * Project 37: MobileLabs

Blueprints for setting up a People's Research Lab
 * Project 38: Autonomous Public Lab
 * Project 38: Autonomous Public Lab

loads of logos, t-shirt designs, stickers, flyers and posters
 * Project 39: Hackteria Merchandise and Logos
 * Project 39: Hackteria Merchandise and Logos

shake it baby!
 * Project 40: Orbital Shaker
 * Project 40: Orbital Shaker

Yeah, even plants cant be protected from arduinos..
 * Project 41: Plant Electrophysiology
 * Project 41: Plant Electrophysiology

DIY Spin Coater!
 * Project 42: Spin Coater
 * Project 42: Spin Coater

Prototypes & design fiction into networking over brain data and biodata related to our brain function (fMRI, SNPs, EEG). How will we use brain data for social networking, neuromarketing, citizen science projects,etc. The main technical challenge is to create some open format for sharing brain data over the web (3D T1-weighted gradient-echo sequence (MP-RAGE)images in the nifti format http://nifti.nimh.nih.gov/nifti-1, which is readable by FSL software (http://www.fmrib.ox.ac.uk/fsl/ into some 3D web browser data and image that would support crowdsourcing of brain data, pattern recognition and comparison of brain data).
 * Project 43: NeuroNetworking
 * Project 43: NeuroNetworking

Spherification experiments as a tribute to Hieronymus Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights. In order to understand our new cosmology of minimal but also complex spheres (molecules, cells, vesicles, coacervates, microspheres), we decided to use spherification techniques and to try to design a version of Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights like a catalogue of what is possible in terms of spheres today. Some of our spheres are eatable, other are perceived only by microscopes, some target taste buds other just molecules, we even tried to prepare a micro-meal for microorganisms entrapped in a type of mini-aquaria and systems. The three containers mimicking the original triptych are an early reflection of the importance of spheres for our idea of origin or the organic life but also present experiments in molecular gastronomy but also drug targeting systems and research in nano-bio technologies. Humans making spheres on all scales are like gods recreating some new garden with self-enclosed systems, ecologies and microspheres, which influence each other and interact.
 * Project 44: Garden 2012: Spherification of Hieronymus Bosch
 * Project 44: Garden 2012: Spherification of Hieronymus Bosch

Picture protocoll of an intensive three week travel throug the venues of third culture in western California!
 * Project 45: Bio+Hacker+Art-Space Tour California 2012
 * Project 45: Bio+Hacker+Art-Space Tour California 2012

Distillation at the Hackteria Distillery at Jagaa, Bangalore Dec. 2012 and other distillation rigs
 * Project 46: Distillation
 * Project 46: Distillation

How to make your own tofu? From laser cutting a tofu mold to the preparation and the tasting.
 * Project 47: Do eat your laser Tofu (DEYLT)
 * Project 47: Do eat your laser Tofu (DEYLT)

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 * Project 48: Randen-Burger or the art of documenting
 * Project 48: Randen-Burger or the art of documenting

This is a balloon, which inflates as a result of the yeast growing and interacting with its environment
 * Project 49: Yeast powered balloons a la BioCyberKidzz
 * Project 49: Yeast powered balloons a la BioCyberKidzz

The Bacterial Jewelry module comes as a take away amulet that has a living fingerprint of the participant.
 * Project 50: Bacterial Jewelry a la BioCyberKidzz
 * Project 50: Bacterial Jewelry a la BioCyberKidzz

Talking about bioart and cyberbody modifications is accessible to everyone.
 * Project 51: Body Augmentation and Enhancement a la BioCyberKidzz
 * Project 51: Body Augmentation and Enhancement a la BioCyberKidzz

Recording observations is an important aspect of laboratory life. This module is to encourage the collection and recording of data.
 * Project 52: The LAB BOOK a la BioCyberKidzz
 * Project 52: The LAB BOOK a la BioCyberKidzz

Based on a paper of a laser tweezer made from an old DVD drive we go on...
 * Project 53: DIY Laser tweezer, cell trap, oligo synthesis
 * Project 53: DIY Laser tweezer, cell trap, oligo synthesis

Where to get it, how to make it, the 4th state of matter.
 * Project 54: DIY Plasma generators
 * Project 54: DIY Plasma generators

Get an old harddisc, laser cut or 3D pring a eppi-holder, run it...
 * Project 55: Hacked Hard-disc Centrifuge
 * Project 55: Hacked Hard-disc Centrifuge

The key technologies of every genetic and molecular biology lab – the gel electrophoresis chamber...
 * Project 56: Agar is the Media
 * Project 56: Agar is the Media

Tiny little tubular rockets generating bubbles to propel themselves through water.
 * Project 57: BubbleBots
 * Project 57: BubbleBots

This is a modified experiment from the 70s and which can be used as a great icebreaker activity for building trust.
 * Project 58: Ganzfeld experiment
 * Project 58: Ganzfeld experiment

a variation developed through trying this workshop on a large number of people, and not having funding to get loads of rubber hands. So we made the hands in the workshop.
 * Project 59: Rubber_Hand_Illusion_Experiment_variations
 * Project 59: Rubber_Hand_Illusion_Experiment_variations

starting soon
 * Project 60: Internet of Bugs'n'Beasts
 * Project 60: Internet of Bugs'n'Beasts

HomeMade KIMCHI from scratch..... The final taste all depends on the amount of salt, dehydration, fermentation and temperature monitor.
 * Project 61: KIMCHI or the Art of Fermentation
 * Project 61: KIMCHI or the Art of Fermentation

LifeSciences Workshop for Artists & Designers in Bangalore 2013, collaborators of biodesign.cc
 * Project 62: Science For Poets
 * Project 62: Science For Poets


 * Project 63: Zebrafish Hacking: The Plant Animal
 * Project 63: Zebrafish Hacking: The Plant Animal

Building an OpenPCR without the kit, just from commercially available parts. With additional information on how to do it.
 * Project 64: Wild OpenPCR
 * Project 64: Wild OpenPCR

From fireflies to stinky squids... the future is bright
 * Project 65: Explorations in BioLuminescence
 * Project 65: Explorations in BioLuminescence

make your own fresh cheese
 * Project 66: Say Cheese
 * Project 66: Say Cheese

Testing out the Wild OpenPCR and purifying your own Taq from Open Biotechnology - using primers to detect coliform bacteria
 * Project 67: Hack a Taq
 * Project 67: Hack a Taq

There are many ways of bioprinting...
 * Project 68: Poor Man's BioPrinter
 * Project 68: Poor Man's BioPrinter

Collection of open biology and DIYbio prototypes created by members of the Hackteria network, such as DNA Lab-in-Box, Gene gun etc. This archive of exhibition artefacts supports open science and citizen science advocacy and showcases the open hardware possibilities of supporting research in the Global South.
 * Project 69: DIYbio Prototypes Collection & Hackteria archive
 * Project 69: DIYbio Prototypes Collection & Hackteria archive

Various explorations into urban ecologies and recipes to hunt, collect, grow, cook, eat your findings
 * Project 70: Urban Cuisine
 * Project 70: Urban Cuisine

In this project we want to screen soil bacteria, such as Actinomyces, Streptomyces and Micromonospora for antibiotic properties. It is a global citizen science initiative started by DIYbio Waag, which uses game elements (collecting and tournaments) to support open drug discovery of antibiotics. We will isolate actinomycetes from soil samples around the world and screen with Micrococcus luteus or similar microbe to determine their antibiotic properties. Images of inoculated plates will be shared online and based on their strengths (zones of growth inhibition) they will become part of a collection or initiate tournaments between the most successful examples. We will sequence the most powerful ones. We expect cooperation with various DIYbio organizations, microbiology departments and science enthusiasts. Picture: Antibiotic Producing Actinomycetes By adonofrio (Biology101.org)
 * Project 71: Actinomycetes Tournament: Open antibiotics discovery
 * Project 71: Actinomycetes Tournament: Open antibiotics discovery

Is it real or is it epigenetics? A novel method is described, which, on the basis of the short-term application of electrostatic fields, results in lasting beneficial and desirable properties in animals and plants. The culture of fish, particularly of edible fish but also of ornamental fish, is genuinely revolutionised.
 * Project 72: High Voltage Epigenetics
 * Project 72: High Voltage Epigenetics


 * Project 73: How to make a proper Barber Trap
 * Project 73: How to make a proper Barber Trap

As time past I have grow huge need for mobile vj lab for all indoor and outdoor visual activity. From my experience till now it has to be paced with lots of power, projector, cams, microscope,sound system, bio lab tools (pipettes, slide glass...),many different vj tools(blinking led...), lasers, traps and containers for live organisms. Probably some other stuff that I will find useful like knife, glue, bugs 2d aquarium, different plugs for charging and powering that you always find helpful on terrain. Of course all together should not be to heavy (5kg max but rather 3kg).... ...
 * Project 74: doms Mobile vj lab
 * Project 74: doms Mobile vj lab

More and more we are looking into various traps for catching larger animals such as rats, foxes, pigeons and more. Re-developing some popular designs, adapting them, make them open source for digital fabrication ...
 * Project 75: openTrap
 * Project 75: openTrap

Microvolume Spectrophotometers and Fluorospectrometers are innovative products used to quantitate micro-volumes of sample. You want one? Build your own. ...
 * Project 76: DIY_NanoDrop
 * Project 76: DIY_NanoDrop

Nail studios are the girls secret hight tech labs with UV light curing gel and other fancy stuff. Let's hack it to do low cost microfluidics. ...
 * Project 77: Nail Studio Micro Fluidics
 * Project 77: Nail Studio Micro Fluidics

You need mobile electrical power - On how to build Graphene Supercapacitors, Peltier electricity from fire and more...
 * Project 78: Mobile Power Solutions
 * Project 78: Mobile Power Solutions

Ever tried to listen into the electrocommunication behavior of weakly electric fish? Recent experiments and general info about black ghost knifefish, inspired by Tony Hall's work on ENKI technology. They have also been shown to be useful for biomonitoring of pullutants in water! Fish-2-pd interfaces are already working nicely.
 * Project 79: Fish-Hacking
 * Project 79: Fish-Hacking

Imagine you are in the forest, rivers, or mountains and some noises just appears and hunting your ears and you kind of wanted to be sure what is it and where is it come from. This long range microphone might help you to solve the mistery. But, as the title says it will be used for hunting cricket and cicadas a.k.a garengpung, then we must have some ideas about how the cricket and cicadas a.k.a garengpung sounds like. - still under construction. Hhaha... so is everything else on that wiki :-)
 * Project 80: Long Range Microphone for Cicadas & Cricket Hunting
 * Project 80: Long Range Microphone for Cicadas & Cricket Hunting

Imagine you are in the forest and create a bit of electricity from mud...
 * Project 81: DIY Microbial Fuel Cells
 * Project 81: DIY Microbial Fuel Cells

GPS and water sensors in a coconut go explore the rivers.
 * Project 82: Water Sampling Coconut
 * Project 82: Water Sampling Coconut

What if there was such a thing as Psychokinetics - let's test.
 * Project 83: Psychokinetic Action of Young Chicks
 * Project 83: Psychokinetic Action of Young Chicks

Some thoughts and experiments about malaria reduction, mosquito killing and stinky socks
 * Project 84: Aquatic Malaria Extinction Robot - TEAM1
 * Project 84: Aquatic Malaria Extinction Robot - TEAM1

Co-Development of a workshop on DIY laboratory instruments for bioanalytics, colorimetry, low-cost microcontrollers and simple DIY electronics, enzymatic assays. With a concept of "teach the teachers", we are looking into DIY lab-tools as means of a pedagogic tool for interdisciplinary thinking at the biomedical/engineering/molecular interface. Coproduced with SATW, Swiss Academy of Technical Sciences, Hackteria and FHNW, School for Lifesciences. key words: ANARCHA biopunk - DIY bodyaction - radical SelFpower - Analisis of fluids - self citology - DIY equipment
 * Project 85: SATW - Do-it-yourself von Laborgeräten in der Bioanalytik
 * Project 85: SATW - Do-it-yourself von Laborgeräten in der Bioanalytik
 * Project 86: GynePUNK biolabs
 * Project 86: GynePUNK biolabs

BIO-reSEARCH is part of Pechblenda tentacles, mixed with AnarchaGland researchs and GynePUNK biolabs

Ayam means "chicken" in Indonesian and Cemani is "completely black" in Javanese.
 * Project 87: Ayam Cemani - ... or the Black Chicken Project
 * Project 87: Ayam Cemani - ... or the Black Chicken Project

Exploring the origin and use of moonmilk. Cave safari to the Moondmilchloch in Lucern.
 * Project 88: Lick the Moonmilk
 * Project 88: Lick the Moonmilk

Playing with electro-wetting effect. Trying to finally make that desktop DNA synthesizer.
 * Project 89: Elektrowetting
 * Project 89: Elektrowetting

Nucleic_Acid_Quantitation
 * Project 90: Nucleic_Acid_Quantitation
 * Project 90: Nucleic_Acid_Quantitation

Make your free open wild openQCM aka artificial nose
 * Project 91: Wild openQCM
 * Project 91: Wild openQCM

A jugaad ultra low-cost clone to the Makey Makey, but based on QTouchADC sensing, local manufacturing and coconuts
 * Project 92: CocoMake7
 * Project 92: CocoMake7


 * Project 93: Nano hacking science and DIY/DIWO low cost diagnosis
 * Project 93: Nano hacking science and DIY/DIWO low cost diagnosis

Dildomancy hacking science and DIY/DIWO low cost pleasure and vaginal trainning
 * Project 94: MicroMacroPleasure
 * Project 94: MicroMacroPleasure

A meeting to define the bio-value and the bio-capital in the era of biotechnology. 6 days of unconferences and workshops to push further the Bio-Commons research project.
 * Project 95: Biocomons.Lab
 * Project 95: Biocomons.Lab

PIFcamp - Summer Hacking Camp, 3 – 9 August 2015 @ Trenta, Slovenia
 * Project 96: Mobile Plant Analysis Lab @ pifCamp, Slovenia
 * Project 96: Mobile Plant Analysis Lab @ pifCamp, Slovenia

Very simple and self-made DIY lens to attach to your smart-phone and turning it into a nice microscope.
 * Project 97: Jugaad PhoneScope
 * Project 97: Jugaad PhoneScope

Residence Fablab PlateformeC [www.plateforme-c.org] One of the topics or lines to explore Antropocene Or not ! PLASTICOCENE
 * Project 98: openlab gynecologyDIT
 * Project 98: openlab gynecologyDIT

The Euglena Burger - half animal and half plant. finally working on the recipes, upscaling using custom made home bio-reactors and looking forward to serve it to our friends.
 * Project 99: Euglena Burger
 * Project 99: Euglena Burger

No more words - We need ACTION!
 * Project 100: Save the Whales
 * Project 100: Save the Whales

All you need to prepare for a basic workshop on getting some DNA, setting up a PCR, and running the gel to see some results in a day-long workshop
 * Project 101: PCR your DNA Workshop
 * Project 101: PCR your DNA Workshop

Indoors or outdoors, a great way to reduce your garbage amounts and get super-rich compost for the garden
 * Project 102: Worm Composting
 * Project 102: Worm Composting

Community page for DIY estrogen!!!
 * Project 103: Open Source Estrogen
 * Project 103: Open Source Estrogen

Alchemy Reenactment Session
 * Project 104: Feuerphilosophen
 * Project 104: Feuerphilosophen

Duckweed might be the food of the future? Can we grow it from our own pee as fertilizer?
 * Project 105: Fostering Duckweed
 * Project 105: Fostering Duckweed

Session in Schaffhausen for exploring BioVJing and other crazy Hydra-hacks
 * Project 106: Völlig Übertriibe
 * Project 106: Völlig Übertriibe

simple constant current circuit for hacking lasers
 * Project 107: Laser-Technologie 2000
 * Project 107: Laser-Technologie 2000

Some reflections on gene-editing and making cheese
 * Project 109: Chrisper-Chäsli
 * Project 109: Chrisper-Chäsli

Geeking around with zebra-fish, CRISPR and the GM-fish (formerly know as glow-fish) we found on the market in Yogyakarta. Seems the Indonesian regulations are supporting the use of GM fish for sports, hobby, crafts and ornamental use!
 * Project 110: PRG Ikan Hobi - GMO fish geeking
 * Project 110: PRG Ikan Hobi - GMO fish geeking

Series of protocols in development for extracting and analysing micronutrients in foods, using DIY methods and without the need for lab access.
 * Project 111: DIY chemistry analysis of food
 * Project 111: DIY chemistry analysis of food

Creative workshop at Schloss Solitude. Design your own CRISPR-Kit.
 * Project 112: Make you own CRISPR-Kit
 * Project 112: Make you own CRISPR-Kit