AWARD YEAR
2019
CATEGORY
Body
GOALS
Life On Land
KEYWORDS
wearables, 3d printing, photosynthesis
COUNTRY
United States of America
DESIGNED BY
Neri Oxman MIT Media Lab, Mediated Matter Group and Stratasys
WEBSITE
https://deskriptiv.com/living-mushtari/
Mushtari
3d-printed wearable that converts sunlights into usable products
How can we design relationships between the most primitive and the most sophisticated life forms? Can we design wearables embedded with synthetic microorganisms that can enhance and augment biological functionality? Can we design wearables that generate consumable energy when exposed to the sun?
Mushtari, a wearable, contains 58 meters of internal fluid channels and functions as a microbial factory. It allows living organisms to inhabit it and grow within a layer of synthetic skin. The 3D-printed design allows liquid, which houses light-generating photosynthetic organisms, to flow throughout the structure of the garment. Organisms can then grow within the skin and pass the energy from the sunlight to the wearer.