Publication/Creation Date

October 29 2015

Creators/Contributors

Lining Yao (contributor)
New Balance (contributor)
BioLogic (creator)
Royal College Of Art (contributor)
Wen Wang (contributor)
Guanyun Wang (contributor)
Helene Steiner (contributor)
Chin-Yi Cheng (contributor)
Jifei Ou (contributor)
Oksana Anilionyte (contributor)
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology (MIT) (contributor)
Hiroshi Ishii (contributor)
MIT Tangible Media Group (contributor)

Description

In an era where bio is the new interface, we are imagining a world where actuators and sensors can be grown rather than manufactured, and derived from nature as opposed to engineered in factories. bioLogic is a synthetic bio-skin that reacts to body heat and sweat via these living actuators.

Augments

Interacting, Moving, Exercising, Feeling, Sweating, Informing, Analyzing

Technology Keywords

Micron-Resolution Bio-Printing System, Bio-Hybrid Film , Sensors, Actuators, Bio-Skin

Keywords

Bacillus Subtilis Natto, Atmospheric Moisture, Body Heat, Sweat, Chemical Engineering

Marketing Keywords

BioLogic, New Balance, BioLogic: Natto Cells As Nanoactuators For Shape Changing Interfaces, 33rd Annual ACM Conference On Human Factors In Computing Systems (CHI ‘15), CHI 2015