# What happens when biology becomes technology?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2020
- Speaker: Christina Agapakis
- Year: 2020
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Engineering, Art, architecture and design
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/christina_agapakis_what_happens_when_biology_becomes_technology)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

"We've been promised a future of chrome -- but what if the future is fleshy?" asks biological designer Christina Agapakis. In this awe-inspiring talk, Agapakis details her work in synthetic biology -- a multidisciplinary area of research that pokes holes in the line between what's natural and artificial -- and shares how breaking down the boundaries between science, society, nature and technology can lead us to imagine different possible futures.

## Lectures

1. [What happens when biology becomes technology?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/christina_agapakis_what_happens_when_biology_becomes_technology/0b0de023d246), 11 min (TED's player)