Filmmaker, aesthetic philosopher and ecstatic futurist Jason Silva -- who spoke at Singularity Summit 2011 -- articulates his call for passion and artistic sensibility to inform ideation and instantia

J. Craig Venter is a biologist who has led teams responsible for sequencing the first draft human genome, the first diploid human genome, and construction of the first self-replicating synthetic bacterial cell. He is founder and president of the J. Craig Venter Institute and founder and CEO of Synthetic Genomics, Inc.

From selective breeding to genetic modification, our understanding of biology is now merging with the principles of engineering to bring us synthetic biology.

Written, animated and directed by James Hutson, Bridge8.

Synthetic viruses targeting cancer

Singularity University Executive Director Salim Ismail talks with Andrew Hessel after his lecture at the inaugural Executive Program. 'Synthetic biology will rival the IT industry in the next ten years'.

Brian David Johnson, Futurist at Intel Corporation, interviews Eric Klavins about programming life, and reprogramming ourselves. Klavins, a scientist and researcher at the University of Washington, uses DNA, molecules and organisms to build biological machines.

Andrew Hessel reasons that Synthetic Biology will be the next big IT industry. In his remarkable talk Andrew talks about the parallels between IT and biology.