Model DNA with Balloons

For our first assignment at the MIT Media Lab, all the new students were asked to teach one thing to one other incoming student. Arlene Ducao taught me a really easy way to make tasty, savory roast soup. I taught Dan Novy how to model DNA with balloons.</p

Based on the design Dan Hagon and I developed at SciBarCamb 2011. Dan provided the knowledge of DNA. I provided the balloon engineering experience and design.

• SciBarCamb with a bunch of boffins Eva Amsen's blog on Nature.com
• Balloon DNA attends SciBarCamb, by David De Roure for Nature.com
• Illustration which provided the inspiration, from Wikipedia's page on DNA