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Neri Oxman: Architecture imitating life
Bones, computers and art: Neri Oxman, MIT researcher, artist and medical scholar, has created yet another prolific project of genius in the form of… a chaise lounge? Yep. Looking a little bit like a bio-mechanoid piece from H.R. Giger – the artist behind the Alien movies – the chair’s design, she says, “drew inspiration from [...]
*Virus-Infected Batteries Not Included
This could be a label in the future of battery-powered gadgets. Okay, maybe not. Even so, the geniuses at M.I.T. have developed a genetically-engineered virus which infests a harmless bacteria to create a smaller, longer-lasting battery which …could hold the promise of relatively inexpensive, nonpolluting, lightweight powerful batteries—a holy grail for an energy revolution. But, [...]