Definition of biohacking in US English:
biohacking
noun ˈbīōhakiNGˈbīōhakiNG
The activity of exploiting genetic material experimentally without regard to accepted ethical standards, or for criminal purposes.
Example sentencesExamples
- On the subject of biohacking, I recently started reading this blog with the same name as it's subject.
- The other fascinating article from last week's The Economist is about ‘open wetware’ which is a nascent and umbrella term for collaborative biohacking.
- The techniques for biohacking are already public - they can be found in IP contracts - it's just not legal to apply them.
- Because, as Rob Carlson notes in the current Wired, the tools for doing sophisticated biological research are getting incredibly inexpensive, and more people - in the West and in the leapfrog nations - will be experimenting with biohacking.
- If you missed the session about applying engineering tactics to biohacking, I'll fill in the gap.
- After 40 years, the university is now the ground zero for biohacking where engineers of the future will swap their computers and spanners for viruses and DNA.
Derivatives
noun
A biohacker embroiled in a legal battle when local cops found his lab and accused him of bio-terrorism.
Example sentencesExamples
- When biohacking becomes more feasible the biohackers will also have very different goals.
- As genetic information multiplies and the cost of hardware falls, biohackers are emerging.
- But what is to prevent renegades, ‘biohackers,’ from creating their own creatures outside the scientific establishment in the not-too-distant future?
- But in the face of biohackers, serious defenses need to be discussed, and I believe that transparency is the most realistic solution.