# My DNA vending machine

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED Fellows Retreat 2013
- Speaker: Gabe Barcia-Colombo
- Year: 2013
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Art, architecture and design
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/gabe_barcia_colombo_my_dna_vending_machine)
- 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)

Vending machines generally offer up sodas, candy bars and chips. Not so for the one created by TED Fellow Gabe Barcia-Colombo. This artist has dreamed up a DNA Vending Machine, which dispenses extracted human DNA, packaged in a vial along with a collectible photo of the person who gave it. It’s charming and quirky, but points out larger ethical issues that will arise as access to biotechnology increases.

## Lectures

1. [My DNA vending machine](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/gabe_barcia_colombo_my_dna_vending_machine/b5b0f6655b82), 5 min (TED's player)