Publication 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)

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, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology (MIT), Tangible Media Group, MIT Media Lab , Royal College Of Art, BioLogic: Natto Cells As Nanoactuators For Shape Changing Interfaces, 33rd Annual ACM Conference On Human Factors In Computing Systems (CHI ‘15)