User:Mackenzie L. Cowell

[[Image:User_photo_macowell_239x191.jpg|frame|left|SIGGRAPH 2006]] I'm Mac Cowell.  I studied Biology at Davidson College under [http://www.bio.davidson.edu/people/macampbell/macampbell.html Malcolm Campbell] and [http://www.davidson.edu/math/heyer/ Laurie Heyer] and I work at MIT helping run [http://igem2007.com iGEM], the International Genetically Engineered Machine Competition.  Besides [http://syntheticbiology.org/ synthetic biology] and [http://www.openwetware.org/wiki/Science_2.0/Brainstorming science 2.0], many of my interests revolve around the ways technology can encourage and enable spontaneous cooperation; for instance, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_mob flashmobs] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternate_Reality_Game alternate reality games].

[[Image:User_photo_macowell_239x191.jpg|frame|left|SIGGRAPH 2006]] I'm Mac Cowell.  I studied Biology at Davidson College under [http://www.bio.davidson.edu/people/macampbell/macampbell.html Malcolm Campbell] and [http://www.davidson.edu/math/heyer/ Laurie Heyer] and I work at MIT helping run [http://igem2007.com iGEM], the International Genetically Engineered Machine Competition.  Besides [http://syntheticbiology.org/ synthetic biology] and [http://www.openwetware.org/wiki/Science_2.0/Brainstorming science 2.0], many of my interests revolve around the ways technology can encourage and enable spontaneous cooperation; for instance, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_mob flashmobs] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternate_Reality_Game alternate reality games].