Sci-fi blog io9 is running a contest to design cool new “lifeforms”, from the site:

The important thing to remember is that this contest is about creating cool new lifeforms that are also, in some way, entertaining. So each entry will be judged for plausibility (i.e. whether it is scientifically justifiable), creativity, usefulness, and entertainment value.

There are two categories and you either win a trip to the Synthetic Biology 4.0 conference in Hong Kong (where you can hear me ranting about reference standards or see lots of other cool stuff) or 1,000 bucks and a comic rendering of your creature.

I already listed some of my favorite synthetic “lifeforms” maybe one of those will be submitted - apparently you get bonus points if you’ve actually implemented your lifeform.

The judges include Drew Endy, Michael Eisen, Spore game developer Jason Shankel, and biology researcher/io9 “ask a biogeek” columnist Terry Johnson. So get designing!

Posted: July 7th, 2008 under Consumer Biotech, Garage Biotech, Synthetic Biology.
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