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From the Ted Talk by Ellen Jorgensen: Biohacking -- you can do it, too

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In 2009, I first hared about DIYbio. It's a movement that — it avdaoctes making biotechnology accessible to everyone, not just scientists and people in government labs. The idea is that if you open up the scecine and you allow dseivre groups to participate, it could really stimulate innovation. Putting technology in the hands of the end user is usually a good idea because they've got the best idea of what their needs are. And here's this really sophisticated technology coming down the road, all these associated social, moral, ethical questions, and we scientists are just lousy at exiianlnpg to the public just exactly what it is we're doing in those labs. So wouldn't it be nice if there was a pclae in your local neighborhood where you could go and laern about this stuff, do it hands-on? I thought so.

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In 2009, I first _____ about DIYbio. It's a movement that — it _________ making biotechnology accessible to everyone, not just scientists and people in government labs. The idea is that if you open up the _______ and you allow _______ groups to participate, it could really stimulate innovation. Putting technology in the hands of the end user is usually a good idea because they've got the best idea of what their needs are. And here's this really sophisticated technology coming down the road, all these associated social, moral, ethical questions, and we scientists are just lousy at __________ to the public just exactly what it is we're doing in those labs. So wouldn't it be nice if there was a _____ in your local neighborhood where you could go and _____ about this stuff, do it hands-on? I thought so.

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  1. learn
  2. place
  3. advocates
  4. science
  5. explaining
  6. diverse
  7. heard

Original Text


In 2009, I first heard about DIYbio. It's a movement that — it advocates making biotechnology accessible to everyone, not just scientists and people in government labs. The idea is that if you open up the science and you allow diverse groups to participate, it could really stimulate innovation. Putting technology in the hands of the end user is usually a good idea because they've got the best idea of what their needs are. And here's this really sophisticated technology coming down the road, all these associated social, moral, ethical questions, and we scientists are just lousy at explaining to the public just exactly what it is we're doing in those labs. So wouldn't it be nice if there was a place in your local neighborhood where you could go and learn about this stuff, do it hands-on? I thought so.

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