SynBio: Think. Design. Create life the LEGO-way

Eshna Gogia
12 min readAug 30, 2016

Disclaimer: Graphic content maybe disturbing to some viewers.

What if you can engineer new lifeforms? What if building life can be as easy, yet tricky, as arranging LEGO blocks? Most of us have fond memories of building LEGO sets, like Star Wars , or the Grand Prix Racer and even Technic.

LEGO miniature(Source: Don’t Panic)

Now let’s visualize a scenario where, the light bulbs in your room have been replaced by glowing flowers and plants; as a bonus they produce pleasant customized fragrance all the time.

Glowing plant (Source: Kickstarter Project)

Your toothbrush and toothpaste are substituted by a solution that prevents plaque build up, breaks down any food residue, and most importantly creates a biofilm that prevents bacterial growth that could cause gum infection like gingivitis.

Source: Moment to Donna

A beautiful leather handbag and leather jacket that rests in your cupboard, is fabricated from vegetable skin.

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Eshna Gogia

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