Re: [DIYbio] Fwd: [diybio-eu] WG: Biohacking in Asia => http://hillhacks.in/

I mentioned that already in the paragraph starting with "My real
interest"... plus its well above sea-level... I knew that before the
movie 2012 showed that general area being used to build ships/arks to
save everyone from the crazy sea-level rise :P... lots of natural
resources, super beautiful nature. Actually my visit to Nepal was when
I was inspired to go to school for Biotech! I was trekking and seeing
Fedex/UPS was basically a guy with a backpack... carrying fuel
canisters, chicken coops (full of chickens), TVs up the mountains
since there were no automobile roads. When I hiked up over and across
a mountain range and into the Tibetan plateua rainshadow, I was amazed
at the lack of water but abundance of sunshine... and still there were
people backpacking in fuel canisters. I thought it would be really
cool to bring algae ponds or some type of biofuel production there, so
fuel canister hauling wasn't needed. (they /do/ use biofuel actually,
in the form of wood and cow patties, but liquid/gas fuel is/was very
common).

Just a cool place in general, low/lack-of volcanic activity, rain,
elevation. Landslides are an impediment and could destroy an
investment (i.e. a mountainside of trees you plan on logging for
retirement) but as the recent Snohomish/Oso landslide in Washington
shows, it can happen even in the good old USA.

On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 11:21 AM, Dakota Hamill <dkotes@gmail.com> wrote:
> Why have you wanted to start a biotech company for 8 years in Nepal?
>
> On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 2:12 PM, Nathan McCorkle <nmz787@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi all, I sent an email to someone in Nepal a few months ago asking if
>> there was interest in BioHacking. I've been interested in starting a
>> business in Nepal for about 8 years now, after first visiting Nepal. I
>> remember then the requirement was something like $25k USD invested
>> into the Nepali economy to get a business visa... for a lab startup
>> this would be tough as most equipment would be coming from foreign
>> lands, rather than into the Nepali economy. So that exact idea might
>> have to wait until my finances improve a lot more (hopefully someday)!
>>
>> Anyway it would be a great place to work on DIYbio projects I think...
>> I could see two labs, one down in Kathmandu valley and one over in
>> Pokhara or somewhere just outside the Kathmandu smog bowl... just to
>> allow smog-related experiments to be run in parallel and results
>> compared. As I remember, stepping off the plane at Kathmandu airport
>> my eyes started burning (I assumed it was from the smog, but maybe the
>> airplane air just dried my eyes a bit or something).
>>
>> My real interest was the seemingly relaxed law there... I didn't think
>> there would be much in the way of impeding drug discovery as far as
>> getting licensing and such. I'm not sure if they'd take kindly or not
>> to human cloning research, but my feeling is there'd be more pushback
>> from bovine-related research. Though I'm also quite interested in yak
>> x water buffalo crosses, small and furry and great milk desired!
>>
>> Anyway, great to hear some activity over that way!
>>
>> Let me know if you have any contacts in Kolkata... I've got
>> soon-to-be-family there, and I need a reason to spend a few months
>> there sometime!
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 10:20 AM, Bryan Bishop <kanzure@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> From: Rüdiger Trojok <trojok@openbioprojects.net>
>>> Date: Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 12:11 PM
>>> Subject: [diybio-eu] WG: Biohacking in Asia => http://hillhacks.in/
>>> To: kitchen@hackteria.org, diybio-eu@diybio.eu
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Forwarded
>>>
>>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>>> Von: Bernadette Langle [mailto:c@besva.de]
>>> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 24. April 2014 18:29
>>> An: rajina shrestha; lisa@berlin.ccc.de; trojok@openbioprojects.net;
>>> Priya.iyer@gmail.com; Sakar Pudasaini
>>> Betreff: Biohacking in Asia => http://hillhacks.in/
>>>
>>> Hey all,
>>>
>>> I am writing you to connect to each other. Rajina, a Nepali girl/lady living
>>> in Bangalore is looking for some contacts. She is into biohacking by believe
>>> and passion, but she doesn't have any people giving her company so far :(
>>>
>>> At the moment she is thinking of a summer intern ship or an own project
>>> during summer. Maybe you guys know something that could be done?
>>>
>>> Also I guess you can help her with links to ongoing projects and also to
>>> established communities?
>>>
>>> Rajina, you might want to write some more about the things you already might
>>> have in mind and/or what you are working on and interested in?
>>>
>>>
>>> Also I wanted to let all of you know about http://hillhacks.in/
>>>
>>> A makerfaire and conference in Dharamshala/India in October, leaded by two
>>> weeks of workshops on various topics: The usual stuff, known from CCC-events
>>> (see http://hillhacks.in/what). Biohacking is atm just included as a wish,
>>> as none of us involved so far is into the topic. We are still in very early
>>> stage (and there are still 6 months to go). I am happy if you forward this
>>> link to friends that might be interested. Also you can follow @hillhacks on
>>> twitter to get to know when there are any updates.
>>>
>>> (Just told Rajina about it today - maybe this can already be the place for
>>> the summer project?)
>>>
>>> Some of us are very focused on teaching the kids here locally, others are
>>> more focused to bring together the hackerscene of India, Tibet, Nepal,
>>> Kashmir etc.
>>>
>>> It would be so wonderful to have biohacking people included, too! It's such
>>> an important topic! I would be very keen on learning more about it!
>>>
>>> With deadline 1st of May we are applying for some funds, so if you are quick
>>> we could include some equipment. We already have (private) funding for some
>>> soldering irons and (tada!) a lasercutter!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Who:
>>>
>>> Rüdiger and Lisa are two friends from Germany, pretty deep into the whole
>>> topic. They might be able to connect you to others and give you links and
>>> more information.
>>>
>>> Sakar is from Nepal, and we are having some email contact since a year; got
>>> connected via a mutual friend. Actually I am planning to visit the
>>> hackerspace Kathmandhu since we got contacted, but didn't work out (my fault
>>> though :D) He is just attending Hackteria in Indonesia, so I assume he is
>>> into that topic as well (though we never spoke about it).
>>>
>>> Priya is a biologist and just recently moved to Dharamshala as well, she
>>> might be interested to be in the loop :)
>>>
>>> Cheers from Dharamshala,
>>> berni.
>>>
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