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=== Goals === | |||
*help enable engineering of biology. | *help enable engineering of biology. | ||
*better understand information flow and loss in replicating machines | *better understand information flow and loss in replicating machines | ||
==Projects | === Projects === | ||
*open commons of information specifying biological function. | *open commons of information specifying biological function. | ||
**[[The BioBricks Foundation]] | **[[The BioBricks Foundation]] | ||
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*[[Barcodes]] | *[[Barcodes]] | ||
==Meta | === Meta === | ||
'''On construction versus creation:''' | '''On construction versus creation:''' | ||
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plus one and times pi, cosine and times i. '''-i bottles of beer on the wall.''' | plus one and times pi, cosine and times i. '''-i bottles of beer on the wall.''' | ||
=== Photos === | |||
[[Image:TW04-DrewEndy.jpg]] | [[Image:TW04-DrewEndy.jpg]] | ||
'''You must learn about discrete reaction events!''' | '''You must learn about discrete reaction events!''' | ||
Revision as of 11:35, 2 July 2005
Drew Endy
Goals
- help enable engineering of biology.
- better understand information flow and loss in replicating machines
Projects
- open commons of information specifying biological function.
- more responsible people who are working to engineer biology and constructively apply biological technology.
- decomposition of replicating machine design across three characteristic timescales (perform, learn, evolve/persist)
- Barcodes
Meta
On construction versus creation:
The use of the word "creation" in reference to the living artifacts that we produce via biological engineering is wrong. Creation implies an act that is based on some combination of perfect knowledge, unlimited power, and infinite resources. Gods create. Engineers on the other hand, from structural to electrical to biological, are always constrained by an imperfect understanding of what we are working with, a budget (i.e., finite resources), and limited power. As a result, engineers construct. The art of engineering involves learning how to reliably construct useful artifacts despite our limits.
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-i bottles of beer on the wall, -i bottles of beer!
take the cubed root, square it to boot, -1 bottles of beer on the wall.
-1 bottles of beer on the wall, -1 bottles of beer!
times negative three and square root of e, three root e bottles of beer on the wall.
three root e bottles of beer on the wall, three root e bottles of beer!
to the power of two, eighteen divides through, point five e bottles of beer on the wall.
point five e bottles of beer on the wall, point five e bottles of beer!
now double that dog, two thirds natural log. two thirds a bottle of beer on the wall.
two thirds a bottle of beer on the wall, two thirds a bottle of beer!
times root 108 and squaring is great. forty eight bottles of beer on the wall.
forty eight bottles of beer on the wall, forty eight bottles of beer!
plus one and times pi, cosine and times i. -i bottles of beer on the wall.
Photos
You must learn about discrete reaction events!
