it's not easy being green
After my CodeCon talk and demonstration, where I showed the audience how to purify DNA using common household items, I've had bio-hacking on the brain. So have a few of the other folks who saw the talk, including Kragen Sitaker. I forget the exact circumstances, but the other night, he and I (mainly he) came up with the idea of recombining Lactobacillus acidophilus -- the bacteria used to make yogurt -- with the gene in jellyfish that produces green fluorescent protein, in order to make Green Fluorescent Yogurt.
I have mentioned this to my boss, who thinks it's an awesome idea and is even looking into how we might be able to sneak this one past the FDA. I'd like to make it a bit more open-source than that: the same way that I showed people how to isolate DNA using nothing more than noniodized salt, shampoo, meat tenderizer (or contact lens enzymatic solution), and 99% pure rubbing alcohol -- the lot of which you can get for less than $5 in any grocery store -- I'd like to give people the tools to make their own tools to make cool new shit.
More later; this one will get a HOWTO once we've worked out the method.
I have mentioned this to my boss, who thinks it's an awesome idea and is even looking into how we might be able to sneak this one past the FDA. I'd like to make it a bit more open-source than that: the same way that I showed people how to isolate DNA using nothing more than noniodized salt, shampoo, meat tenderizer (or contact lens enzymatic solution), and 99% pure rubbing alcohol -- the lot of which you can get for less than $5 in any grocery store -- I'd like to give people the tools to make their own tools to make cool new shit.
More later; this one will get a HOWTO once we've worked out the method.
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