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by mattsenate＠gmail.com

Hey all, A few critical topics to discuss include: * Major health concern with unscheduled bug-bomb poison released in kitchen by landlord during day with people in use of the common space, and related conflicts. * Moving spaces to 4799 Shattuck, aka The Omni with the Omni Collective http://omni-oakland.org * Sudo Room reboot, possible forking options. // Matt

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Biohacking the eye to see in the infrared

by Ryan Bethencourt

Thought this might interest the group, this is a very cool project that Matthew and a few other of the other biohackers have funded to biohack the eye to see in the infrared! > *From:* peyton rowlands <peyton.rowlands(a)scienceforthemasses.org> > *Date:* April 1, 2014 at 9:03 PM > *To:* Ryan Bethencourt <ryan.bethencourt(a)gmail.com> > *Subject:* Link Correction > Haha, I apologize. It would appear I accidentally sent you a link to a > picture of a hog I had on my clipboard rather than our ERG protocol. > Here's the correct link: > http://scienceforthemasses.org/2013/10/26/electroretinogram-setup-and-proce… > > On 4/1/2014 9:09 PM, Ryan Bethencourt wrote: >> >> I am one of a group of biohackers involved in a project to test the limits of human visual perception by increasing retinal sensitivity to NIR light. Our project, which we crowdfunded last Autumn with the Experiment (nee Microryza) scientific crowdfunding platform, is a pilot study using ourselves as the test subjects/data points of a brute force metabolic hack which we hypothesize will permit us to visually perceive radiant energy in the NIR range of wavelengths. >> >> Essentially, we intend to purge our bodies of a significant percentage of stored retinoids (vitamin A) via reduction of body fat and the adoption of a vitamin A deficient (VAD) diet supplied to us by Rob Rhinehart of Soylent fame, and supplement with the compound 3,4-dehydroretinol (vitamin A2) and retinoic acid. Based on research by Dr. George Wald, the man who discovered the role of vitamin A in phototransduction, and multiple murine studies performed on mammalian subjects, we hypothesize that this will result in the metabolic pathway normally used by the human body to produce photopsin and rhodopsin in the rods and cones of the human eye instead being coopted to produce porphyropsin, a phototransductive pigment described by Dr. Wald in his whitepaper "The Porphyropsin Visual System" that is sensitive to wavelengths of light far in excess of those humans are normally sensitive to on the NIR portion of the spectrum. >> >> The primary tool we will use to measure a shift in visible wavelengths quantitatively will be an open source electroretinography (ERG) device in combination with a homemade stimulator device that utilizes several LEDs of a known wavelength in the NIR. >>

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Re: [sudo-discuss] The Omni is happening - PLEASE REVIEW & DISCUSS!

by Yar

On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 12:54 PM, Hol Gaskill <hol(a)gaskill.com> wrote: > can you break down the costs for us? i followed the link to the wiki but didn't > see it. I remember $2k/month as one number being thrown around for sudo > room's share. Right now we are right around $1.5k/mo on gittip which does > not cover our current operating expenses. that said i'm sure membership > would skyrocket at the omni. can you summarize the numbers for us here? Sudo has pledged $2k/month. Keep in mind that unlike our current lease, this amount covers all expenses from rent to utilities to general maintenance, etc, which the Omni Collective will be responsible for. Our total monthly expenses are already close to that: $1,704.25 December $1,721.58 January $1,756.53 February $1,710.50 March $1,888.90 April I think the extra expense will be a no-brainer, will pay for itself, and will actually be a far better deal than what we're getting now for our money. :)

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EFF needs volunteer web devs for new action tool!

by Vicky Knox

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/04/tech-volunteers-eff-needs-your-help

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The Omni is happening

by ahnon

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[+1 and a share] Hackerspace Design Patterns

by Matthew Senate

Hello Omni Collective representatives, member collectives, and interested parties, Please share this message with your collectives as a gesture of good faith and solidarity. For everyone who has or has not read the Hackerspace Design Patterns document, please consider doing so now (for the first time, or with today's eyes): http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Design_Patterns This document articulates some slices of the history, culture, theory, and praxis of hackerspaces, globally. The original patterns were derived from a survey in Europe, and interpreted by the eyes of Chaos Computer Club (CCC) community members eager to share with interested, curious individuals of the US. I share this with you now eager to construct shared language and receive invaluable feedback both from your interpretations and your own experiences, resources, and histories. I have some concerns about the current status of potentially entering a lease agreement through The Omni Collective. We are discussing the idea right now in the sudo room community. We will resolve or pass these concerns up through our representative, of course. Though I must share something auspicious. I understand The Omni Collective has about 10 member collectives: "*Aim for ten people* for a start." - *The Critical Mass Pattern* http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/The_Critical_Mass_Pattern I thought it was an important and poignant time to send this document and message to all of you. Sudo Room, like all hackerspaces, deviates from the patterns at times in its own right, so we try to document as much as we can about our patterns on our wiki https://sudoroom.org/wiki/ Further information about starting hackerspaces is available on the Documentation page: http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Documentation "Build! Unite! Multiply!" // Matt p.s. +1, the naive integer increment, as you may use it yourself, is a symbol of positive addition, a recognition of effort worthy of discrete exchange. Maybe a loose metaphor of a rising score, but not necessarily the score of a zero-sum game. p.p.s. There are a few stray edits of the patterns that deviate from the originals.

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Ok to screen this docu, on FF 5/2?

by David Keenan

Hey gang, I was contacted by the folks who put together a film on the 2011 uprising in Wisconsin, to see if Sudo/BAPS might host a screening on 5/2. I know this is a First Friday where Sudo normally has a bit of an open house.. I don't want to stop that, but maybe a film might add to the general melee of fun? If it's not appropriate, I can see if we can host it later on the weekend too. What do you all think? Of screening the film, and if so if it could be on 5/2 or should the film be screened on another day? Best, David --- Wisconsin Rising Do you remember before Occupy, when there was an uprising in Wisconsin<http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2011/02/whats-happening-wisconsin-explained>? We do. That's why we're helping Sam Mayfield tour with her new film, *Wisconsin Rising.* Sam's film tells the story of the 2011 occupation of the Wisconsin State Capitol building and the movement opposing Governor Scott Walker’s repeal of collective bargaining rights for workers.*Wisconsin Rising *details the continuing assault on democracy and workers rights across the United States, and how everyday people are fighting back. It is a 55-minute feature documentary with footage from the protests, news clips, and interviews with teachers, union leaders, elected officials, and others involved. This film provides an in depth look into what collective action has, and could, look like in the United States today. Robert McChesney calls *Wisconsin Rising* “the definitive film” on the events in Wisconsin and says “It captures the spirit and intensity of the dramatic events as they unfolded, and reminds us that we cannot predict the future, and we should not forget our past, even our recent past." This year, Sam Mayfield will be visiting campuses and community groups around the US. Each event will include an introduction by the director along with a screening of the film. The director will facilitate a discussion and Q&A following. If you would like Sam to come to your campus or community organization, please email Mike <mike(a)aidandabet.org>. * * * *More About The Film* Film website and trailer: http://wisconsinrising.com/ *Wisconsin Rising *tells the story of the largest sustained workers resistance in American history. In 2011, Wisconsin was the canary in the coal mine for America as newly-elected Republican Governor Scott Walker suddenly stripped collective bargaining rights from the state's public employees, undoing eight decades of basic workers' rights. *Wisconsin Rising* catapults the viewer in to the days, weeks, and months when Wisconsinites fought back against power, authority, and injustice. Following conservative Governor Scott Walker’s announcement of his controversial ‘Budget Repair Bill,’ the people of Wisconsin rose up, occupied their state capitol and took to the streets as rarely before seen in American History. Their collective actions are the largest sustained gathering of any workers resistance in US history. Many say Walker’s bill is an assault on working people, unions and the poorest, most vulnerable people in the state. At a time when millions of American families feel the crush of debt and joblessness, while large corporations are seeing record profits, Badger State residents demonstrated the strength that comes from a shared sense of community and acting collectively. Happening on the heels of the revolutionary Arab Spring and months before the Occupy movement, Wisconsinites spontaneously occupied their state Capitol for weeks as never before seen in American History. *Wisconsin Rising* tells the story of how one state became an economic testing ground for the nation in a political environment where corporations have growing clout and ordinary citizens are losing their ability to obtain redress. While *Wisconsin Rising* highlights one state’s rejection of a conservative takeover, it is a microcosm of what is at stake in America today, at a time of fiscal crisis, ideologically-driven budgets and social reforms. *About Sam Mayfield* Sam Mayfield is a video journalist and documentarian from Burlington, VT. Since 2004*,* Mayfield has documented stories that remain untold in the dominant corporate media paradigm. Her video reports have been filed with outlets such as Democracy Now! and Free Speech TV. Her work has taken her to Mexico, India, West Africa, and Palestine. In 2011*,* Mayfield traveled to Wisconsin to cover the popular uprising against legislation gutting basic workers rights. She stayed for seven months, covering the story as it unfolded, ultimately producing from her footage the 55-minute feature documentary film *Wisconsin Rising*. Wisconsin Rising is Mayfield’s second documentary. In 2010*,* she made the 26-minute film, *Silenced Voices, *that tells the story of a young migrant farmworker who was killed while working on a Vermont dairy farm. Mayfield and two other Vermonters traveled to Mexico to return the boy’s body to his family. There they interviewed family and community members about the impacts of migration. *Silenced Voices* has been a useful tool in educating lawmakers and citizens in Vermont .

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Communique from the Further East Bay

by Joseph East Bay

Hello Sudoers, I wanted to introduce myself to the group. I'm Joseph, a Linux guy and community organizer from Concord. As many of you probably know, there isn't really much of an active geek scene out here and I'm trying to do what I can to change that. We recently launched Concord Wiki at http://www.concordwiki.org and a group of us are working on starting up a hackerspace over here. The blog for the project is http://www.eastbayhackers.com I've been over to Sudo Room maybe four or five times now and I've always been made to feel very welcome. I really enjoy the personality of the group and conversations that take place there. I'll be around Sudo Room usually on a Sun - Tues, and if any of you feel like coming to check out what we're working on over here, feel free to drop by or if you're curious send me an email.

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Fund-raising idea: Sudogames?

by Autonomous

The "Darkplaces" gaming engine I ported to the Raspberry PI that was released last month has been quite a success with thousands of downloads and positive reviews. I am about ready to release the next version of the engine along with a batch of open source games that will run in the engine. I was thinking that it might be a good opportunity at this point to ask for a donation. I would like to ask people to make a donation to Sudoroom (instead of me) to support ongoing community outreach efforts and in particular, to make a donation in support of the activities relating to "Sudo Kids." Also, the Raspberry PI Foundation announced last week that well over $1,000,000 in grant money is available to non-profits that support educational activities relating to teaching kids how to write software and work with technology. If this sounds like a feasible idea for raising funds then I would need a little help in preparing a pitch to submit with the donation request that describes what Sudo Kids is about and how Sudoroom works with the community. There is also a grant proposal that could be submitted to the Raspberry PI foundation. Here's the thread on the Raspberry PI forum: http://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=78&t=72301 Peace, Autonomous

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introduction

by Eric Peden

My friend Mike and I stopped by Sudoroom for the first time tonight. I hope to be spending more time there in the future, so I wanted to introduce myself (and him by proxy). We both have several years of medium-to-large scale IT experience: he tends toward the hardware side, I tend toward the software side. Sometimes it's nice to actually produce something physical and cool, though, and we're doing amateur-level fiddling with electronic bits and pieces. We're newbies, but enthusiastic ones, and hope to learn from and be inspired by what other folks are creating and hacking on. I'll stop speaking for him now: personally, I'm really excited about 3D printing and wearables and hardware hacking, and making those things more accessible to people. I'm also very interested in the Oakland open mesh work that's happening, and I hope to make it to one of the meetings soon. As I said, we stopped by tonight (I forget who came down to let us in, but thank you!). We mostly stayed out of the work space because we didn't want to interrupt anyone. Instead we perused the library then sat on the couches to talk hypersonic sound projectors and DIY solar panels. I was happy how conducive the environment felt to such discussions. Hi! -- eric

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Re: [sudo-discuss] The Omni is happening - PLEASE REVIEW & DISCUSS!

by Yar

On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 2:50 PM, Phil Wolff <pwolff(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Would the Sudo Room be jointly and severally liable for operating expenses? > For unbudgeted expenses? My understanding is the Omni Collective will be liable and responsible for all the typical costs of being tenants and of day to day operations. In the short term (probably several years), the building will still belong to its current owners and most liability and risk for major disasters will be on their shoulders (such as earthquakes, the roof collapsing, etc). After that, if the collective is successful in buying the building, I believe those risks will still be for the Omni Collective and not for Sudoroom. That terrifying glorious day is still far away. Of course, we still carry the intangible risk that if the whole thing falls apart we'd need to find a new space, but that is seeming less and less likely every day. Is someone closer to the legal aspect of things reading this? :)

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The Omni is happening - PLEASE REVIEW & DISCUSS!

by Yar

For the past few months I've been Sudoroom's delegate to the Omni Collective. If you don't know already, the Omni is a huge building in Temescal, and the Omni Collective is a group of delegates from many groups whose goal is to acquire that building and move into it together. It's an amazing opportunity - the owners are quite eager to sell it for significantly below market value, and we've been negotiating a very reasonable rent-to-own agreement in the meantime. It's real, folks. All the money and legal pieces are falling into place. So far, 10 groups have officially joined the collective, shown active sustained interest, and pledged a monthly rent. The pledges add up to more than we would need to cover rent, utilities, maintenance and other expenses related to moving in. The collective is legally incorporated, we have a pro-bono lawyer, we're probably going to get our parking waiver for a use-permit, we have a 15 year financial plan (with the help of a local land trust), and we are very close to getting an interest-free loan to cover first-last-deposit. We will probably be able to MOVE IN by June 1! You can find more information here, including all Omni Collective meeting minutes: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/The_Omni Sudoroom has had an informal discussion about this for a long time. We consented to send me as a delegate. But I am worried that the consent and commitment has not been full or formal enough given how serious and imminent things are getting. So I'd like to renew Sudo's consent and make it more properly consent-y. I will bring this to the next few meetings as well, but honestly not all of you have been going to Sudo meetings. So... Are there any objections to actually doing this? Are there any blocks? Anything else to say for or against this plan? Any questions? Now is the time to make them known. Now is the time to really talk about this. Thanks!

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Hacker Yoga starts this Tuesday!

by Noemie Serfaty

Hello Sudo list! Join Max K and I this Tuesday, April 14h at 7:30 pm for our first Hacker Yoga workshop at Earthtribe Yoga! Hacker Yoga is a participative yoga experiment, and is all about sharing tools to develop your own practice. If you're a yoga geek, find other yoga geeks to play and experiment with, share your experience and knowhow. If you're a beginner, come, practice, and discover how yoga can be hacked! The workshop will be followed by optional tea & set theory mini-lesson by Max! Recommended donation: 5$ No one turned away. Earth Tribe Yoga 1924 Franklin St Ste 210 Oakland, CA 94612 Hoping to see you tuesday! Noémie -- Noémie Serfaty 108 rue du Faubourg du Temple 75011 Paris Tel: 06 27 76 88 84 Tel: 01 71 50 51 82 noemieserfaty(a)gmail.com

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Re: [sudo-discuss] Projector

by Yar

On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 9:13 AM, niki <niki.shelley(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I borrowed the short throw projector for a talk about bees that I'm giving > to a group of middle school students today at 2pm. > > I'll bring it back to SUDO directly afterwards. Does anyone know where it is currently? We can't find it this morning.

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Tax Update from the Treasurer with Pictures

by Maximilian Klein

See all at https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Tax_history<https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Tax_history> This is your treasurer *notconfusing* speaking. I'm a tax amateur, and you can too. This is a visualization of 2013 finances. When debit exceeds credit we had a negative month. 'netcum' is net cummulative money aka total cash in da bank. So if debit exceeds netcum, then our month costed more than we have in the bank. [image: 2013 finances.png]<https://sudoroom.org/wiki/File:2013_finances.png> On Apr 9th 2014, I went the Sustainable economies law center legal cafe to get some advice about how sudo should handle taxes. Here's what I learned: 1. Tax day for corporations is the same as for people - April 15th. 2. Every year we must file *something. Even if you become a federal nonprofit, which we aren't yet, you have to tell the govt that you don't owe anything. The basic things we **need to file'* are: 1. State Taxes: *Form 199*, probably 199N 2. Federales Taxes: *Form 990* Likely 990-EZ. 3. Those forms are actually not due until *May 15th*. 4. I will file these soon. It's highly likely we don't owe much cash. 3. 2013 was the year we switched from being "Eddan Katz" dba (doing business as) Sudo Room, to Sudo Room, the California non-profit public benefit corporation. 1. Eddan is not claiming the income that was receieved, and it was all transfered to the new corporation. 2. So the corporation will pay tax on it. 4. Since we are not 501c3 yet the money "donated" to sudo room are not actually donations, i.e. not tax deductible. 5. Corporations like us get 27 months after incorporation to file for 501c3. That puts our date at January 2016. 6. The sudo EIN is 46-4109670 Max Klein http://notconfusing.com/

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Re: [sudo-discuss] Tax Update from the Treasurer with Pictures

by Somebody

"Corporations are people my friend" :) Very easy to read, and well explained. Good job Max, thx! Maximilian Klein <isalix(a)gmail.com> wrote: >_______________________________________________ >sudo-discuss mailing list >sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org >https://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss

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Projector

by niki

Hey all, I borrowed the short throw projector for a talk about bees that I'm giving to a group of middle school students today at 2pm. I'll bring it back to SUDO directly afterwards. xo N

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Fwd: [nobawc-announce] Sign the Petition - CA Worker Cooperative Act

by Danny Spitzberg

Clicktivism at its finest ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Stephen" <steve(a)arizmendi.coop> Date: Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 11:59 AM Subject: [nobawc-announce] Sign the Petition - CA Worker Cooperative Act To: "nobawc-announce(a)lists.nobawc.org" <nobawc-announce(a)lists.nobawc.org> > Hey NoBAWC community, > AB 2525, the Limited Liability Worker Cooperative Act, is currently working its way through committee in Sacramento. In order to help move this legislation along, we need to show state lawmakers that this bill has support. The great folks at Sustainable Economies Law Center have put together an online petition to make it super easy for you to do so. Currently there are only 66 signatures… We need to bump that number up! A link to the petition is below. If you want to find out more about the bill or to read the actual language, the link below will take you there as well. > http://www.theselc.org/ca-worker-cooperative-act > We are hoping to get as many signatures as we can by this Friday… so please take a moment to sign and then use your social media tentacles to get the word out there. > Thanks for your support. > -Steve

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Re: [sudo-discuss] sudo room internet status?

by Somebody

(Of course if Sudoers are okay w the idea.) Somebody <somebody(a)riseup.net> wrote: >_______________________________________________ >sudo-discuss mailing list >sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org >https://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss

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Re: [sudo-discuss] sudo room internet status?

by Somebody

(Hmm... Perhaps we should try to use the Cisco 2960 that we have there so we can at least check connected switch ports. I volunteer to work w someone else that maybe interested on this potential project. ) Marc Juul <juul(a)labitat.dk> wrote: >_______________________________________________ >sudo-discuss mailing list >sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org >https://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss

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Skipping next 3D Tuesday (Apr 15)

by Yar

I won't be here next Tuesday (April 15). I'll be visiting family for passover. But the printers will still be there, and are always free to use. Have fun without me!

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Re: [sudo-discuss] sudo room internet status?

by Yar

On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 1:05 PM, Marc Juul <juul(a)labitat.dk> wrote: > Is the internet connection at sudo room down? > > I cannot access any of the servers on the sudo room IP. It's not down but it's been very very slow for several days. The uplink is saturated and we haven't figured out why.

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sudo room internet status?

by Marc Juul

Is the internet connection at sudo room down? I cannot access any of the servers on the sudo room IP. -- marc/juul

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Fwd: [hackerspaces] Interwiki \o/

by Matthew Senate

wiki nerds, rejoice! ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: hellekin <hellekin(a)hackerspaces.org> Date: Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 6:18 PM Subject: [hackerspaces] Interwiki \o/ To: Hackerspaces General Discussion List <discuss(a)lists.hackerspaces.org> Since the end of February, Wikipedia implemented the following Interwiki prefixes: Hackerspaces: to point to hackerspaces.org LibrePlanet: to point to libreplanet.org In the meantime, the hackerspaces wiki and the DIYISP.org wikis have been using lp: for libreplanet, hs: for hackerspaces, and diyisp: for w00t. Now that Hackerspaces: and Libreplanet: are officially supported, any wiki can start using those to link to their hackerspaces pages, etc. E.g., [[hackerspaces:NYCResistor]] will link to http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/NYCResistor You can also transclude contents from the hackerspaces wiki into your own: E.g. {{hackerspaces:User NoStinkinBadges}} (does that actually work? ,o) == hk _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss(a)lists.hackerspaces.org http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

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Vator Splash competition: We need your help with a vote :)

by Ryan Bethencourt

Hi All, As you may/may not know, a great conference is coming to Oakland early may called Vator Splash (they want to highlight a lot of the great and different startups growing up in Oakland and the surrounding east bay cities). I've really been enjoying their recent coverage (through live work Oakland) of some of the unique types of startups that are blooming in Oakland and the East bay. I was also wondering if you could do me a really big favor, we have one day of voting left (I listed *Berkeley Biolabs* this morning, so it's super tight) and we need all the votes we can get. Could you vote for us with one click? Any votes and sharing would be SUPER appreciated! If we're successful we get to present to a few hundred people and talk about biohackers and new technologies we're trying to build and get funded! *Berkeley BIolabs* http://vator.tv/competition/oaktown-tech-startup-competition#participants Thanks if you're able to help! All the best, Ryan -- Ryan Bethencourt Tel: (415) 825 2705 Conf Call: (650) 741 5013 ryan.bethencourt(a)gmail.com http://www.litmususa.com/ http://berkeleybiolabs.com/ www.bamh1.com www.linkedin.com/in/bethencourt www.logos-press.com/books/biotechnology_business_development.php

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