This 16-year-old is spearheading Seattle’s first biotech hackerspace

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Katriona Guthrie-Honea had a great idea. Last year, as a freshman at Ingraham High School in Seattle, she taught herself enough biology to make a molecular model of a gene-specific biosensor — yes, as a 15-year-old. More than 300 hours of work led the teen-whiz to the grand prize at 2012 NWABR biotech expo. Even after spending… Read More…

Russian ‘cyber bandit’ arrested for attacks on Amazon.com

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A 25-year-old Russian man has been arrested for masterminding two denial-of-service attacks on Amazon.com, attacks that occurred in the summer of 2008 and prevented customers from accessing the Web site of the Seattle online retailer. Dmitry Olegovich Zubakha was indicted in May 2011, and was just arrested in Cyprus this week. “These cyber bandits do… Read More…