As biological tools become part of the armory of today's innovation, is there a new set of skills and norms that come along with these? How does the routine of the lab mash with a creative hack culture? And what level of understanding do you need to do something truly inventive with a petri dish rather than html?
This video features John O'Shea: artist and creator of the world's first bio-engineered football, who sums up the panel discussion from the day and talks about his work at a tissue engineering lab in Liverpool where he developed a football from a pig's bladder.
Nesta teamed up with Manchester's MadLab to run an event on 7 February at their facilities. The workshop was designed as a taster for those with little knowledge of these techniques.
For more on this event visit nesta.org.uk/events/hot_topics/assets/topics/local_bioeconomies
