Living Foundries is an ongoing synthetic biology project at DARPA , involving participants in academia, which aims to create the framework for an on-demand shop for creating novel molecules. The end-goal is a foundry for on-demand novel molecule creation for applied materials, adhesives, coatings for aircraft, pharmaceuticals, and internal medicine. Its first 'customer' will be the Department of Defense, but the capabilities being brought to reality in this project may make t

Earlier in 2019, a more rapid and detailed analysis tool for gene editing experiments was introduced- CRISPresso2. CRIPSresso is a tool that will project accurate outcomes of potential gene edits in the context of research and experimentation. As tools like these continue to improve, the advances will cut down continually on research time for the public and private sector- gaining a more rapid stride in the direction of prolific gene editing. At the same time these advan

A truly disruptive technology creates social friction. This occurs when technology changes daily civic life rapidly enough to the point where legislature or social norms are not flowing along with those changes. It seems apparent that this is happening with transportation and the auto industry at large. Legacy auto groups are tied to their long-established manufacturing and supply chains and because of that, many look at changing concepts of mobility through of the lens of t