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This post is coming to you live from the Elephant & Castle Mini Maker Faire being held today at the London College of Communication.

While the field is still fairly quiet right now, biohacking is the next big thing. There’s a grown segment of the maker movement that is talking about it, but not just that, they’re getting on and doing it.
I talked to Ilya Levantis from the London Biohackspace about JuicyPrint a 3d printer that can be fed with fruit juice and used to print out useful shapes made of bacterial cellulose using a genetically engineered strain of cellulose producing bacteria.
The G. hansenii (Gluconacetobacter hansenii) bacteria that the London Biohackspace is using is a is able to grow on a wide range of things like fruit juice, tea or even brewing waste. Once completed, building objects with the new printer will require only a computer, and a local a trip to your local market for supplies.
The Elephant & Castle Mini Maker Faire is being held at the London College of Communication from 10am till 6pm. Entry is free to children (under 16) and students, tickets are £5 otherwise and available on the door.
16 thoughts on “3D Printing Using Genetically Modified Bacteria and Orange Juice”
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The Wall Street Journal has had several articles about how fewer people are drinking orange juice and the industry is hurting.
It’s nice to see someone has come up with a way to aid our orange farmers.
:-) :-) :-)
Was the audio sped up or something? I think he needs to try decaf. The thought of amateur gene splicing gives me pause. Of course gene splicing could give me paws.
OMG! He’s trying to corner the Frozen Concentrated Orange Juice market! http://youtu.be/RLySXTIBS3c