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We set out to explore on a more conceptually expanded scale, what it means to sense, probe, and detect our environments. | We set out to explore on a more conceptually expanded scale, what it means to sense, probe, and detect our environments. | ||
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| + | === Sensing, Probes, Detectors Some Examples === | ||
* [http://genomicgastronomy.com/work/2011-2/smog-tasting/| Smog Tasting] by The Center for Genomic Gastronomy - "Smog Tasting uses egg foams to harvest air pollution. Smog from different locations can be tasted and compared." | * [http://genomicgastronomy.com/work/2011-2/smog-tasting/| Smog Tasting] by The Center for Genomic Gastronomy - "Smog Tasting uses egg foams to harvest air pollution. Smog from different locations can be tasted and compared." | ||
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* [http://www.radlab.com/information/bio-dis-plays.html| Bio-Dis-Plays] by Richard Lowen and collaborators from the 70s - "bio-electric sensing/transducing of the human body and other living systems, and art-science collaborations", and a [http://www.datagarden.org/blog/richard-lowenberg-interview| 2011 interview] by [http://www.datagarden.org/installations/| Data Garden], who also works with interspecies communication | * [http://www.radlab.com/information/bio-dis-plays.html| Bio-Dis-Plays] by Richard Lowen and collaborators from the 70s - "bio-electric sensing/transducing of the human body and other living systems, and art-science collaborations", and a [http://www.datagarden.org/blog/richard-lowenberg-interview| 2011 interview] by [http://www.datagarden.org/installations/| Data Garden], who also works with interspecies communication | ||
* ''[http://www.daisyginsberg.com/work/echromi-living-colour-from-bacteria| E. chromi]'' by Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg & James King - a conceptual piece of using bacteria (synthetic biology) that are engineered so that for example, "indicate whether drinking water is safe by turning red if they sense a toxin". | * ''[http://www.daisyginsberg.com/work/echromi-living-colour-from-bacteria| E. chromi]'' by Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg & James King - a conceptual piece of using bacteria (synthetic biology) that are engineered so that for example, "indicate whether drinking water is safe by turning red if they sense a toxin". | ||
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Revision as of 12:53, 9 March 2017
6 March 2017 -
Beyond Electronics
We (human and non-human) all sense our environments, without the mediation of electronic instruments.
What if our sensors, probes, and detectors are alive?
We set out to explore on a more conceptually expanded scale, what it means to sense, probe, and detect our environments.
What is a Biosensor?
Some ideas on definitions:
« Something biological / living that responds to the environment
- Scale
- Time to Response
- Signal
- Thresholds
- Calibration
- Location / Containment
- Specificity
- Sustainability / Safety /
Sensing, Probes, Detectors Some Examples
- Smog Tasting by The Center for Genomic Gastronomy - "Smog Tasting uses egg foams to harvest air pollution. Smog from different locations can be tasted and compared."
- Moist Sense by Lifepatch - "an installation that tries to present the health of plants from their supply of water"
- Camera Obscura et les artefacts de l'invisible by Vanessa Lorenzo - "By merging electronic media and citizen science, this research and interactive installation uses bio reporters as a tool to gain understanding of a microbe’s perception of the Anthropocene."
- Bio-Dis-Plays by Richard Lowen and collaborators from the 70s - "bio-electric sensing/transducing of the human body and other living systems, and art-science collaborations", and a 2011 interview by Data Garden, who also works with interspecies communication
- E. chromi by Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg & James King - a conceptual piece of using bacteria (synthetic biology) that are engineered so that for example, "indicate whether drinking water is safe by turning red if they sense a toxin".
