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Biomaterials as UI: Designing New User Experiences // Strangeloop Talk // Resources to Learn More
https://www.thestrangeloop.com/2017/biomaterials-designing-new-user-experiences.html
BIOMATERIALS: DESIGNING NEW USER EXPERIENCES
As software developers, we build for the capabilities of the platform our customer consumes our software on.
While we can easily imagine the ways the gyroscope or haptic abilities of a smartphone shape what we build for mobile,
or the intent structure of a Google Home or Alexa app defines what we build for voice, as a software engineer at Warby Parker
I've observed the opportunity for software developers to consider the material of the products our companies sell as another
plane for creative technology and enhanced user experience. In this talk, I share some exciting trends in biomaterials:
materials derived from nature or synthetically produced materials that are inspired by nature. I offer a look at some unique
properties of these materials in the hope of inspiring people to explore the ways they can hack on these
materials to create new types of experiences.
Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1HJB-Q3jC44GFMp_VisUGD1i_2no9wxKWnzpnSskV-n8/edit?usp=sharing
Speaker Notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fZ7NoOEhQQPS2jaR7oS0Sl-ZoahRjD-_1_XLSK0AyL8/edit?usp=sharing
## Heat/humidity responsive fabric using bacteria
* https://www.dezeen.com/2015/11/04/mit-media-lab-tangible-media-group-biologic-material-bacteria-fashion-design/
* http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/3/5/e1601984.full
* https://tangible.media.mit.edu/project/biologic/
* https://arts.mit.edu/biologics-living-textile/
* http://www.berzowska.com/
* http://tangible.media.mit.edu/person/hiroshi-ishii/
* http://showtime.arts.ac.uk/OksanaAnilionyte
* http://cargocollective.com/helenesteiner
* http://tangible.media.mit.edu/project/radical-atoms/
* https://www.media.mit.edu/sponsorship/getting-value/collaborations/biologic
* http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2702611
* https://www.wired.com/2015/10/this-living-clothing-morphs-when-you-sweat/
* http://gizmodo.com/how-mit-grew-living-bacteria-into-a-second-skin-that-re-1739175632
* https://trackr-media.tangiblemedia.org/publishedmedia/Papers/485-Radical%20Atoms%20Beyond%20Tangible/Published/PDF
* https://www.facebook.com/ishii.mit/posts/10154156417423544?pnref=story
* http://www.ubiq.com/hypertext/weiser/SciAmDraft3.html
## Mushrooms
* www.mycoworks.com
* www.ecovativedesign.com/
* http://america.aljazeera.com/watch/shows/techknow/blog/2013/9/15/how-to-replace-foamandplasticpackagingwithmushroomexperiments.html
* https://www.ted.com/talks/eben_bayer_are_mushrooms_the_new_plastic
* https://www.wired.com/2014/12/diy-kit-lets-make-designs-mushrooms/
* http://inhabitat.com/nyc/worlds-first-tower-made-from-mushrooms-rises-at-ps1-in-queens-ny/mushroom-hy-fi-tower-ps1/
* www.fungal-futures.com/MycoTEX-Mycelium-Textile
* neffa.nl/portfolio/mycotex/
* https://www.dezeen.com/2016/04/01/aniela-hoitink-neffa-dress-mushroom-mycelium-textile-materials-fashion/
* https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/making-furniture-from-fungi/
* http://www.businessinsider.com/fungi-mutarium-mushroom-plastic-food-2016-4
* http://www.businessinsider.com/mycoworks-2016-7
* http://bkaccelerator.com/fungus-fiber-developing-using-mushrooms-make-textiles/
* https://www.wired.com/2014/07/a-40-foot-tower-made-of-fungus-and-corn-stalks/
* https://shop.ecovativedesign.com/collections/grow-it-yourself
## 3D Printing with Silkworms
* https://www.wired.com/2013/07/your-next-3-d-printer-might-be-filled-with-worms/
* matter.media.mit.edu/environments/details/silk-pavillion
* https://www.dezeen.com/2013/06/03/silkworms-and-robot-work-together-to-weave-silk-pavilion/
* https://www.designboom.com/technology/the-silk-pavilion-by-mit-media-labs/
* https://creators.vice.com/en_us/article/kbg4mw/mits-silk-pavilion-explores-digital-and-biological-computing-with-silkworms
* https://www.ted.com/talks/neri_oxman_design_at_the_intersection_of_technology_and_biology
* https://www.fastcodesign.com/1672770/how-mit-is-hacking-thousands-of-worms-to-print-buildings
## Growing human organs in apples
* http://ideas.ted.com/a-promising-way-to-grow-body-parts-using-an-apple/
* www.oreilly.com/biocoder/issues/BioCoderSummer2015.pdf (instructions for how to decellularize an apple at home; instructions on how to build your own incubator)
* radar.oreilly.com/2015/07/announcing-biocoder-issue-8.html
* http://www.spiderwortbio.com/#welcome
* http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/andrew-pelling-ted-conference-1.3449084
## Growing personalized bone tissue + heart/lung/liver on a chip
* epibone.com
* https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4808059/
* https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3513763/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2710409/
* https://www.forbes.com/sites/medidata/2015/05/26/tissue-regeneration-could-change-the-way-we-test-drugs/#365efdd2bd9b
* https://www.inc.com/magazine/201510/liz-welch/blooming-bones.html
* http://www.businessinsider.com/nina-tandon-of-epibone-grows-bones-from-stem-cells-2014-11
* https://www.bme.jhu.edu/news-events/news/warren-grayson-revolutionizing-the-face-of-medicine/
* http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167779908000577
* http://www.pnas.org/content/107/8/3299
* https://www.ted.com/speakers/nina_tandon
* http://geeksnack.com/2015/03/03/epibone-startup-creating-future-bone-transplants/
* tarabiosystems.com/
* www.hepregen.com/
* https://emulatebio.com/
## Modern Meadows: growing leather with yeast
* www.modernmeadow.com/
* https://www.ted.com/talks/suzanne_lee_grow_your_own_clothes
* https://techcrunch.com/2016/06/28/modern-meadow-raises-40-million-to-grow-leather-without-livestock/
* https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/fashion-tech/bof-exclusive-with-lab-grown-leather-modern-meadow-is-bio-engineering-a-fashion-revolution
* http://www.modernmeadow.com/press-release/modern-meadow-launches-zoa-the-first-ever-biofabricated-leather-material-brand/
* http://www.modernmeadow.com/press-release/modern-meadow-unveil-creative-materials-platform-fall-exhibition/
* https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/1638
## Synthetic spider silk
* https://boltthreads.com/
* www.spiber.se/
* http://newatlas.com/spiber-synthetic-silk/28267/
* https://techcrunch.com/2017/03/10/bolt-threads-debuts-its-first-product-a-314-tie-made-from-spiderwebs/
* http://www.innovationintextiles.com/amsilk-named-one-of-50-most-innovative-companies/
* https://techcrunch.com/2015/06/04/spiderpants/
* https://www.woojiwon.com/spider
* biodesignchallenge.org/schools/upenn/
* https://www.pri.org/stories/2016-07-07/how-art-and-design-students-think-about-future-biotech
## DNA Data Storage
* www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/03/dna-could-store-all-worlds-data-one-room
* https://www.technologyreview.com/s/607880/microsoft-has-a-plan-to-add-dna-data-storage-to-its-cloud/
* https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/pgwd9z/dna-data-storage-columbia-university
* http://www.zdnet.com/article/dna-data-storage-landmark-now-its-215-petabytes-per-gram-or-over-100-million-movies/
* https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/245304-researchers-increase-storage-capacity-dna-214-petabytes-per-gram
* https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/storing-data-in-dna-brings-nature-into-the-digital-universe/
* https://www.sciencealert.com/microsoft-could-be-storing-data-on-dna-within-the-next-three-years
* https://www.nature.com/news/how-dna-could-store-all-the-world-s-data-1.20496
* https://twistbioscience.com/
## Resources to get started
* https://makezine.com/2017/04/05/biohacking-spaces/ (DIY bio hacker spaces in different cities)
* https://www.genspace.org/ (the DIY bio hacker space I study at in NYC)
* biocurious.org/ (the DIY bio hacker space in SF)
* https://www.amazon.com/Synthetic-Aesthetics-Investigating-Biologys-Designs/dp/026201999X
* www.biofabricate.co/about/
* www.new-harvest.org/ (upcoming conference about cellular agriculture)
* http://indiebio.co/
* https://www.oreilly.com/ideas/how-synthetic-biology-startups-are-building-the-future-at-rebelbio
* www.oreilly.com/biocoder/
* https://www.eventbrite.com/e/biotextiles-grow-your-own-materials-for-fashion-design-tickets-37876950980
* biodesignchallenge.org/
## How to get started with your biomaterials goodie bags:
* Decellularize an apple and grow your own incubator: www.oreilly.com/biocoder/issues/BioCoderSummer2015.pdf (search for the two articles authored by Andrew Pelling and colleagues)
* Ecovative "grow it yourself" mushroom root kit: https://giy.ecovativedesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/GIY_Instructions.pdf
* How to ferment your soybeans to produce bacillus subtilis (bacteria that changes form in response to heat and humidity): https://www.culturesforhealth.com/learn/recipe/soy/how-to-make-homemade-natto/
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