Biohacking Village·25 min
Jeffrey Tibbetts
Safety precautions and procedures in the biohacking community to minimize risk as experimental procedures become increasingly invasive and the movement matures.
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Biohacking Village DC25
Mandalay Bay Hotel, Las Vegas · 3-6 August 2017 · 23 talks
Biohacking Village showcases emerging biotechnology research, security implications of medical devices and healthcare systems, and the DIY biology movement. The 25 talks cover medical device vulnerabilities, genetic engineering, sensory augmentation, biohacking ethics, and the future of personalized medicine and biology as a technology platform.
1–23 of 23 talks
Biohacking Village·25 min
Edward You
Security vulnerabilities in biotechnology infrastructure and the bio-economy, presented as theatrical song and interpretive dance exploring critical questions about biotech security.
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Biohacking Village·24 min
Meow Ludo Meow Meow
Capabilities for biological weapons production in community bio labs and regulatory approaches that balance maximum innovation freedom with effective monitoring and safety.
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Biohacking Village·53 min
Amir
Panel discussion with audience participation exploring ethical dimensions of the biohacking movement and emerging biotechnology.
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Biohacking Village·26 min
Jen Szkatulski · Darren Lawless
Personal stories of how genomic testing and personalized medicine can dramatically impact medical treatment and individual health outcomes.
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Biohacking Village·25 min
Trevor Goodman
Technologies and implants that enable humans to sense beyond natural limits—magnetic fields, infrared light, wider color ranges—through devices like the BrainPort and emerging commercial biohacking products.
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Biohacking Village·26 min
RenderMan
Security and privacy vulnerabilities in internet-connected adult toys and efforts to bring information security best practices to an under-researched branch of IoT.
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Biohacking Village·18 min
Travis Lawrence
Computational methods to decode the second genetic code—the rules governing which amino acids transfer RNAs carry—revealing variability that can be exploited in synthetic biology.
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Biohacking Village·20 min
C00p3r · Cur50r
Introduction to implantable technology through market overview, hands-on demonstrations, and personal stories from practitioners of human augmentation.
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Biohacking Village·26 min
Stanislav Naydin · Vlad Gostomelsky
Ethical implications of implanted medical devices as evidence in legal cases and vulnerabilities discovered in contemporary healthcare technology.
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Biohacking Village·23 min
John Bass
Distributed ledger technologies and blockchain will fundamentally restructure global healthcare delivery, moving trust from centralized intermediaries to open protocols and enabling patient empowerment.
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Biohacking Village·21 min
Louis Auguste Jr
Low-cost IoT microscope accessory that transforms standard microscopes into digital whole-slide imaging devices, enabling distributed laboratory diagnosis and specimen analysis.
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Biohacking Village·24 min
Gingerbread
Structural and chemical changes to the brain and central nervous system through neurogenic peptides for cognitive enhancement, surpassing traditional neurotransmitter-based nootropics.
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Biohacking Village·26 min
Amanda Plimpton · Evan Anderson
Military research on psychoactive chemicals and enhancement protocols offers a foundation for grassroots biohackers and body augmenters pursuing their own experiments.
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Biohacking Village·22 min
Christopher Frenz
Healthcare security vulnerabilities in unpatched medical device control systems and strategies for defending critical patient-care infrastructure.
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Biohacking Village·29 min
Kevin Sacco
Real-world hacking and social engineering attacks against healthcare networks and the security implications of electronic medical records and networked medical devices.
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Biohacking Village·20 min
Jun Axup
Accessible pathways to biotech entrepreneurship through reduced research costs, automation, and software-driven efficiencies enabling founders at any background to build biology-based companies.
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Biohacking Village·30 min
Paul Ashley
Tools for creating and managing multiple fake identities online and offline, enabling individuals to reclaim privacy and reduce exposure from digital tracking and surveillance.
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Biohacking Village·18 min
Tim Cannon
Ethical implications of the biohacker mindset, experimentation outside institutional safeguards, and governance frameworks to balance innovation with responsible biology.
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Biohacking Village·18 min
Robin Farmanfarmaian
Converging technologies including wearables, AI, 3D printing, and robotics enable patients to become informed decision-makers and leaders in their own healthcare.
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Biohacking Village·50 min
Jay Radcliffe
Applying rigorous scientific methodology to security research increases credibility, produces more defensible findings, and strengthens the field of information security.
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Biohacking Village·25 min
Tess Schrodinger
Using implicit learning and human memory to create authentication that survives duress—encoding passwords into cognitive memory through serial interception sequence learning training.
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Biohacking Village·21 min
Ryan Schmoll · Peter Hefley
Decentralized Ethereum-based platform for secure teleradiology that eliminates intermediaries, reduces costs, and enables direct peer-to-peer collaboration between radiologists and patients globally.
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