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Dark Bio @dark.bio · 24d

Your genome is the essence of what makes you, you. Nobody can be trusted to safe-guard that. No laboratory, no company, no government... not us.

It's your responsibility to keep your genome private; and our mission, to help you do so!

DNA tests: Who is getting rich with the data from our genes? | DW Documentary

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Dark Bio @dark.bio · 28d

Thrilled to announce, that Dark Bio AG is officially incorporated in Zug, Switzerland! 🇨🇭

Infinite work to be done, but it's a huge step towards private, sovereign and personal genomics. 🧬

Thank you everyone involved in this milestone! 🤍

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Dark Bio @dark.bio · Aug 19

First develop device to be shared with someone 🥹

Yes, it is 3D printed to allow roughing it and taking it apart if need be. Still looks gorgeous... 🤩

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Dark Bio @dark.bio · Aug 12

The Ark companion app just got a facelift :) It's not yet coded up so the small details are not final, but definitely shaping up to look amazing 😊

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Péter Szilágyi @karalabe.bsky.social · Aug 11

Do I know anyone in my follower list who can do a small text animation for a mobile app startup screen? It's for my @dark.bio project, looking to start with the logo, then have the DNA strand animated to unwind into a D and then have "ark Bio" appear afterwards.

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Péter Szilágyi @karalabe.bsky.social · Jul 14

New root of trust for my @dark.bio genomic Arks. 🥳 Because I don't want to trust myself to not mess up handling the root keys. Also because I can generate an audit log of signatures to prove nothing malicious was ever signed. #yubihsm #darkbio

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Péter Szilágyi @karalabe.bsky.social · Jul 8

Trying to convince a friend to help me with my @dark.bio genomic project; his first question: "How can I debug the device"?

Me: Ugh, you need a dev board and a custom prototype assembly.
Him: ...
Me: Oh FFS, I'll make you a shell access to the thing.

A month later: It vörks 😊

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Dark Bio @dark.bio · Jun 6

Who's interested in becoming an alpha tester? ;)

(aiming around August)

Péter Szilágyi @karalabe.bsky.social · Jun 6

Lookie 😍

Ordered a tiny prototype run and it came out (mostly 😅) perfect! At this point I'm still doing a lot of assembly myself, but hey, one step at a time.

These will probably go out as gifts to people interested enough in pre-alpha testing🤫

#DarkBio: Own your genome

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Dark Bio @dark.bio · Jun 2

Slow at first, then all at once 🥹

Péter Szilágyi @karalabe.bsky.social · Jun 2

Today I figured Imma try and vibe code a mobile app for my device. I kind of knew what I wanted, but I was semi sure it will blow up in my face.

Well... programming had a great run... better open that bakery soon 🥲 In other news, loooookiiieeeee 😍

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Péter Szilágyi @karalabe.bsky.social · May 16

Thinking of doing a security contest for the Dark Bio devices (far in the future):

- Auction away a small number of devices (10-25).
- Give people 2-3 months to hack / jailbreak them.
- Anyone succeeding walks away with the pot.

No jailbreak => pot used to bootstrap the launch.

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Dark Bio @dark.bio · May 16

“Details matter, it’s worth waiting to get it right.”

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Péter Szilágyi @karalabe.bsky.social · May 13

Well, making a packaging inlay (i.e. the thing in the box that separates your stuff) out of moulded pulp costs $2000+ setup fee 😅...

Fine for prod, but I'm not there yet. So, I've decided to design my own inlay 😋 Still work in progress (e.g. junk color), but it vörks 🥳

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Dark Bio @dark.bio · May 8

Oh, lookie, just got a Verified badge from GitHub 😋

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Péter Szilágyi @karalabe.bsky.social · Apr 17

Proof of concept (physical) packaging made by yours truly 😇 Not final yet, but you see who I aimed at 🙈.

Currently getting some sample prints done on diff materials to see which feels better. Then will spend a bit on time tweaking the top and lighting LEDs.

@dark.bio

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Dark Bio @dark.bio · Apr 12

Saturday morning tweaks: fancy boot progress! 🥹

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Péter Szilágyi @karalabe.bsky.social · Apr 1

While waiting for my 2nd CNC prototype - having already finished the 3rd design I didn't even order yet - here's me playing with the 1st prototype :) @dark.bio

PCB courtesy of @pcbwayofficial.bsky.social , CNC courtesy of JLCCNC, certain internals courtesy @prusa3d.com (and me).

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Péter Szilágyi @karalabe.bsky.social · Mar 25

Progress at 2PM vs. 6PM, today 🤩

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Dark Bio @dark.bio · Mar 25

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Péter Szilágyi @karalabe.bsky.social · Mar 19

Story time 😊

There is a protocol called SPI: serial peripheral interface. It's a 4-wire comms proto where devices agree on a clock rate at which to transmit data; and they have an input + an output line to shoot the data on. SPI also supports many devices, but let's skip.

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Péter Szilágyi @karalabe.bsky.social · Mar 14

You guys have no idea of the combo pain of being a perfectionist and hating JavaScript at the same time :P

On an unrelated note, this took me one day from scratch (no starting design, just blank canvas brainstorming).

@dark.bio

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Péter Szilágyi @karalabe.bsky.social · Mar 11

My absolutely most expensive experiment to date (way more that I dare admit): aluminium anodisation samples with an entire color palette range (courtesy of @pcbwayofficial.bsky.social). 🥰

@dark.bio

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Péter Szilágyi @karalabe.bsky.social · Mar 8

You'd think a device having access to *time* is just is 🤔

Well, take away it's real-time-clock, it's network access and place it into a hostile environment; and see what happens 😅

Always fun to design adversarial protocols, but especially seeing them in operation 😊 #darkbio

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Péter Szilágyi @karalabe.bsky.social · Mar 7

How it started vs. how it's going 🥳😍

Never 3D printed in my life before. Never CNCd in my life before. Never designed a circuit board in my life before. Also didn't dare yet power it on... 😅

3 months of my life 😋

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Dark Bio @dark.bio · Mar 8

Hello, world! 🧬

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