PROTEIN

Believe. DVDs coated with a layer of genetically-altered microbe proteins could one day hold terabytes of information, says a US-based researcher, reporting his findings at the International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in Brisbane recently.

Venkatesan Renugopalakrishnan, a professor of Biomedical Engineering at Florida International University and an internationally recognized expert in protein structural biology and engineering has invented a next-generation means of storage technology that dwarfs current technology.

Renu (as the professor is known) and his team at BioFold Inc., a California-based firm that he founded in 1999, in collaboration with FIU and other corporate labs, are designing a single-layer DVD that can store up to 198 gigabytes of data – more than 20 times the capacity of a dual-layer DVD-9. The technology will be able to store even up to 50,000 gigabytes (about 50 terabytes), he says.

Yes indeed, roll up roll up and get your free Protein® Forum tickets now. They're moving pretty quickly, so don't hang around.

the first protein forum event is now confirmed for tuesday 29th july at 54 below in shoreditch. it is the first in a series of free regular events that bring together interesting people to talk about interesting things in the world of science, technology and design and i'm very pleased to have matt jones, kate moross and tuur van balen in the house.

musical selection comes from the Team Awesome DJ's and there's Protein® Store giveaways for the most probing questions, disses and rants. registration opens at 1pm next tuesday 20th, so bookmark this page as there are only 80 ticket available:

http://proteinforum.eventbrite.com

let the fun begin ...

Protein® Forum is the first in a series of free regular events that bring together interesting people to talk about interesting things in the world of science, technology and design. For our inaugural event, we are very pleased to have:

[ ] Matt Jones giving some insights into what's next for Dopplr

[ ] Kate Moross explaining the creative process to her illustrations

[ ] Tuur Van Balen talking about his My City = My Body genetic water sampling project

Musical selection comes from the Team Awesome DJ's and there's Protein® Store giveaways for the most probing questions, disses and rants. Register for free here:

http://proteinforum.eventbrite.com

ok people, i'm looking for suggestions for the first protein forum event on the 29th july in london. following the mini-protein forum at 2gether last week and previous freq events, we're keeping to the same 3 or 4 speaker format. so far i have these people on the list:

[ ] chris cleverly talking about his pan african sub saharan railway.

[ ] tuur van balen and his my city = my body project.

[ ] mark earles on his awesome book, "herd".

so, let me know if there's anyone else you would like to have come down and talk and we'll do our best to get them.

All speakers confirmed and ready to go for our Protein® Forum mini-TED style event at the Channel4 Sponsored 2gether08 event.

Chris Cleverly will be talking about his Pan-African sub Saharan railway project that integrates all manor of "good things" including trackside biofuel plantations, flatpack sustainable stations/cities and mobile phone ticketing and banking.
http://miabank.com/

Jason Bruges will be talking about his amazing lighting installations as well as a new range of sustainable carbon neutral LED products his studio is developing.
http://jasonbruges.com

David Dickie will be talking about Advanced Aid and their mission to build humanitarian relief factories that provide jobs and bring supplies closer to the people in places of continual natural disasters and war zones.
http://www.advanceaid.org/

So, roll up roll up to be entertained and inspired.

Yes indeed, the first mini-Protein® Forum event is taking place on 2nd July as part of 2gether08 at the Rochelle School in Shoreditch. They've got a great line-up of speakers, panels, workshops and sessions so get your ticket now.

The format for the Protein® Forum events are going to be similar to the Freq events we used to run at 54 Below i.e. 3 speakers, 30 mins each with drinks and DJ's after. The difference for the 2gether event is that we are on at 10:30 in the morning, so no drinks and DJ's this time.

David Wilcox has just posted the interview I did with him last week at One Alfred Place ahead of the first Protein® Forum event at 2gether08 in a couple of weeks. Hating the sound of my own voice. Loving the fact the I got "TED Shoreditch" in.

Protein® is looking for shit hot Drupal and Adobe Flex developers to work on a number of Protein® products and applications. Incentives include: cold hard cash, Protein Store goodies and invites to hype parties. If you are one, or know someone who is, then please get in touch ASAP.

We've just set-up a Twitter/RSS mashup for all those Protein® Twitters who want to stay up date with everything that tweaks on the OS. Enjoy.

OK Will, enough is enough. dunno about the rest of the Protein Hardcore but my kitchen needs a Calendar. March is plenty late enough, you are about to beat last years effort - PULL YOUR FINGER OUT ;-)

Test post for first Protein® forum event.

so, you may have noticed over the last few days a few changes to the feed. we've been beta testing the new RSS API aggregator that we're hoping is going to point the feed in whole new direction.

the logic behind this decision is one driven by frustration! too many feeds and not enough time. hence we are hand selecting the top 5 feeds across each protein channel that are currently available online today and creating our very own RSS style feed reader. it's is a slight departure from the existing members own feed/blog, but we hope/think you'll agree it's a great addition.

the plan once all the feeds are in place is to the introduce a multi level filter system that will allow you to filter all the seeds based on the following:

1. your posts
2. your peeps posts
3. protein members posts
4. all protein posts
5. all web posts

thoughts, comments and suggestions as always greatly received.

I've been doing a lot of thinking about the future of the OS recently. This is nothing new. Since the site launched in 1998 we have always been trying to predict the next generation technologies that we could incorporate to stay ahead of the curve, and without giving ourselves too many props, I think we've done a pretty good job so far.

The worlds best IM app, Adium, has just been Chromo enabled c/o the masterful df0notfoundNeue. Plug it in and enjoy. Click here to download.

Hey everyone, great to be back. I'm not sure what happened exactly since I was an old school protein user, and one day I found it no longer existed and I stopped getting e-mails. Well, good to be back, and if anyone fills me in, even better. Later all.

-Web

Hey, I'm so happy to see Protein OS back up and running. I was a long time user and received e-mails for years, then one day they stopped, and The site was "down". Can anyone fill me in on what happened?

Protein OS - My operating system.

-Web

Beat that!

It means I joined 9 years before I was born. Or maybe it has something to do with the epoch 00:00:00 UTC on January 1, 1970...

Just to let everyone know that as of 12:00 GMT on Friday 14th December, Protein® OS will be going invite only. What does this mean?

1. Login if you already have a Protein® OS account or if not, make sure you register this very second!
2. Tell all your friends to do the same.
3. Feel smug that you and your crew are members of the best cultural operating system known to man.

We're not trying to be all "exclusive" and "better than you", but we just think that in this new social networking landscape, there is a lot to be gained from a little privacy and growing the community through friends of friends.

Ok so how about

Death of the Rekkid Label
Death of Print
Death of TV - maybe get someone from Bebo / Kate Modern down etc

so, just wanted to let you all know some of the new features/apps we will be shortly rolling out on the OS and to get your feedback/suggestions on anything we might have missed that you would like to see.

CORE
[ ] profile page - new interface
[ ] cells - allowing you to group seeds into your own collections
[ ] maps - add geotags to any kind of content

CALENDAR
[ ] think www.upcoming.org

FORUM
[ ] update interface

BLOGS
[ ] customisable interface
[ ] posting from anywhere [email, mobile, blogger]

FEEDS
[ ] RSS feed reader
[ ] choose from a predefined list or select your own feeds

GALLERY
[ ] photo gallery with full flickr import/export features

GUIDE
[ ] fully geotaggable venue/shop/hotel/restaurant guide

RADIO
[ ] think www.hypem.com

TV
[ ] think www.specialten.tv

STORE
[ ] think protein store 1.0 but with digital downloads for music and film

there's some more, but this is going to keep us quiet for a little while me thinks.

[see above]

have uploaded my mug, but its not showing. more work for you Will

we've just added a new supasimple set of text/editor buttons to allow you to add links and images as well as preview your creations. let us know what you think. awesome.