There’s a lot of anticipation for Austin Che (MIT/Synthetic Biology) to give his ‘Programming Life’ talk – we can only suspect you’re all envisioning an early retirement where you spend your days hacking away on new living organisms.
He’d prefer you start when you come to pick up your FutureRuby laminate and swag.
During Friday registration at The Metropolitan Hotel, Austin will be teaching a hands-on experiment on how to program your own bacteria – ruby-colored, banana-smelling, or light-emitting – he’s leaving it in your soon-capable hands.
After this 20-minute hands-on workshop you’ll be able to give it a cute name, let it incubate overnight – and viola! You too have a new petri-imprisoned pet for the duration of FutureRuby.
Please note that customs will not be as enamored as you are with your new little friend, so you’ll have to part ways after the weekend. If you love something, set it free.
Naturally, Austin has to cover the costs of the biology kits that are being supplied to create your bacterial buddy, which works out to a mere $10CDN. While we’d love to include as many people as possible at pre-registration, we implore FutureRubyists, comrades and volunteers to register here: http://frworkshop.eventbrite.com/
Sign-up now, spots are limited! Oddly enough, the same applies to FutureRuby tickets themselves. We close the gates Monday at 11:45pm sharp, so hustle s’il vous plait.
Ah yes, former roommates have conducted many such workshops in the back of my refridgerator.
Biohacking + Ruby ftw! Man, I knew I should have signed up for FutureRuby… feeling conferenced-out lately, but it looks like FutureRuby is going to seriously rock.
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