Comments on: Open Source In Vitro Meat http://embraceunity.com/?p=36 Maintain a Global Identity Sun, 08 Aug 2010 09:37:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Edward Miller http://embraceunity.com/?p=36&cpage=1#comment-291 Edward Miller Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:03:57 +0000 http://embraceunity.com/?p=36#comment-291 I haven't seen the lab outside Monmouth. Anything notable about it? Competition and Collaboration work symbiotically to produce innovation. Forks and competitions are common in the world of Open Source. One of the best things that could happen is for the government (and/or deep-pocketed philanthropists) to sponsor competitions to spur innovation that mandate open-source designs. Products from virtually every industry, from medicine to agriculture, could be made cheaper and more efficiently. Eventually I envision that most of this stuff would be made on desktop fabrication devices. Perhaps on a new version of <a href="http://www.reprap.org" rel="nofollow">RepRap</a>, the open source 3D printer. I haven’t seen the lab outside Monmouth. Anything notable about it?

Competition and Collaboration work symbiotically to produce innovation. Forks and competitions are common in the world of Open Source.

One of the best things that could happen is for the government (and/or deep-pocketed philanthropists) to sponsor competitions to spur innovation that mandate open-source designs.

Products from virtually every industry, from medicine to agriculture, could be made cheaper and more efficiently. Eventually I envision that most of this stuff would be made on desktop fabrication devices. Perhaps on a new version of RepRap, the open source 3D printer.

]]> By: Ryan Powers http://embraceunity.com/?p=36&cpage=1#comment-290 Ryan Powers Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:07:42 +0000 http://embraceunity.com/?p=36#comment-290 Ok, I guess the question here is what drives innovation more? Competition or Collaboration? Ok, I guess the question here is what drives innovation more? Competition or Collaboration?

]]> By: Ryan Powers http://embraceunity.com/?p=36&cpage=1#comment-289 Ryan Powers Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:46:08 +0000 http://embraceunity.com/?p=36#comment-289 Speaking of Monsanto have you seen the lab outside of Monmouth? Speaking of Monsanto have you seen the lab outside of Monmouth?

]]> By: Edward Miller http://embraceunity.com/?p=36&cpage=1#comment-292 Edward Miller Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:12:52 +0000 http://embraceunity.com/?p=36#comment-292 Those are good points, and I agree that patents can incentivize innovation. Yet, I think they can also hinder innovation in the form of dead patents, patent trolling, etc. Open source has shown itself to be a viable mode of production and my point of this article was hopefully to get more discussion on that in regards to "cultured meat" (my new favorite term). There are now all sorts of "biohacking" kits that allow for DIY biotechnology, and I have a feeling that we will be seeing lots of projects that use this new tech. Considering how malicious companies like Monsanto have been to farmers regarding their biotech IP, Open Source offers a lot of hope. Those are good points, and I agree that patents can incentivize innovation. Yet, I think they can also hinder innovation in the form of dead patents, patent trolling, etc. Open source has shown itself to be a viable mode of production and my point of this article was hopefully to get more discussion on that in regards to “cultured meat” (my new favorite term). There are now all sorts of “biohacking” kits that allow for DIY biotechnology, and I have a feeling that we will be seeing lots of projects that use this new tech. Considering how malicious companies like Monsanto have been to farmers regarding their biotech IP, Open Source offers a lot of hope.

]]> By: Ryan Powers http://embraceunity.com/?p=36&cpage=1#comment-293 Ryan Powers Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:45:27 +0000 http://embraceunity.com/?p=36#comment-293 I understand your argument, but patents are usually highly detailed multi-paged documents. Even if an author mentioned something similar in a book published before the patent, the law falls on the side of the person who filed the patent first. I also would like to know what would substitute as a reward for inventors taking risks? I would also like to note that patents usually expire once inventions become common knowledge. For example the person who invented the hammer is no longer receiving royalities from hammer-makers. Wouldn't you agree that if someone invents something, then that something is the property of the inventor? I understand your argument, but patents are usually highly detailed multi-paged documents. Even if an author mentioned something similar in a book published before the patent, the law falls on the side of the person who filed the patent first. I also would like to know what would substitute as a reward for inventors taking risks? I would also like to note that patents usually expire once inventions become common knowledge. For example the person who invented the hammer is no longer receiving royalities from hammer-makers. Wouldn’t you agree that if someone invents something, then that something is the property of the inventor?

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