Biohacker is a term used to describe an individual who experiments with DNA and other aspects of genetics, both within and outside an academic, governmental or corporate laboratory. Biohackers are similar to computer hackers who are hobbyists and like to tinker with DNA and other aspects of genetics. Space-filling model of a section of DNA molecule Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions specifying the biological development of all cellular forms of life (and many viruses). ... Genetics (from the Greek genno γεννώ= give birth) is the science of genes, heredity, and the variation of organisms. ... Biochemistry laboratory at the University of Cologne. ... The term Hackers can refer to several things: Hacker - a type of person interested in exploration, usually of a computer or electrical engineering background. ...
The exponential advances in biological technology typified by the approximate doubling of DNA sequencing and synthesis efficiencies on an annual basis without cost increases (similar to Moore's law for computer systems) is likely to create a subculture of biohackers who will increasingly tinker with available genes and even create completely new genes with novel functions. Growth of transistor counts for Intel processors (dots) and Moores Law (upper line=18 months; lower line=24 months) Moores law is the empirical observation that at our rate of technological development, the complexity of an integrated circuit, with respect to minimum component cost will double in about...
Renowned bio-artists such as Eduardo Kac made biotechnical experiments that can be directly related to the working methods of biohackers. Eduardo Kac was the first person to have a microchip implanted in his body. ...
From as early as the mid 21st century c.e., augmented human genotypes have exerted a strong guiding influence on terragen society and culture, whether mediating between nearbaselines and transapients, or striking out in their own directions.
The first Superiors grew out of the biohacker, biopunk, and ribophunk subcultures of the late 1st and early 2nd centuries AT.
By the late 2nd century the self-tweaked and the superbabies had become corporatised, and new experiments in genomic optimisation were taking place in the Earthside Freezones, the Orbitals, on the Moon, Mars, and the Belt.
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