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In Praise Of Useless Robots
Soft automata, divergent futurisms, and the aesthetic contemplation of machines
Sep 19 • 
Laura Tripaldi
Powering Technology With Photosynthetic Microbes
Plant-like animals, microbial symbiosis, and the reciprocity between technology and nature
May 7 • 
Laura Tripaldi
Brains in a Dish are the Future of Computing
Neurons playing video games, synthetic biological intelligence and the nano-intentionality of technology
Oct 14, 2024 • 
Laura Tripaldi
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Powering Technology With Photosynthetic Microbes
May 7 • Laura Tripaldi
Ecology of Snowflakes
Dec 21, 2023 • Laura Tripaldi
Brains in a Dish are the Future of Computing
Oct 14, 2024 • Laura Tripaldi
2.2 Million New Materials Discovered with AI
Jan 25, 2024 • Laura Tripaldi
Diatom Art in the 19th Century
May 25, 2023 • Laura Tripaldi
DNA Origami
May 18, 2023 • Laura Tripaldi
2.2 Million New Materials Discovered with AI
Geological media, the technosphere, and impending singularities
Jan 25, 2024 • 
Laura Tripaldi
Ecology of Snowflakes
Catastrophe, hydrofeminism and the memory of water
Dec 21, 2023 • 
Laura Tripaldi
Quantum Dots Illuminate Life's Mechanisms
How do bodies become images, and images become bodies?
Oct 26, 2023 • 
Laura Tripaldi
History of Gold Nanotechnology
What colloids can teach us about the reality of bodies.
Aug 3, 2023 • 
Laura Tripaldi
Protocells from Meteorite Dust
Contemplating life's own extraterrestrial origins
Jul 20, 2023 • 
Laura Tripaldi
Lifelike Swimming Micro-Robots
Active matter and non-human agency.
Jun 15, 2023 • 
Laura Tripaldi
Living Photosynthetic Slime
Viscous synergies between nature and technology.
Jun 1, 2023 • 
Laura Tripaldi
Soft Futures
Soft Futures
A curated collection of materials science, synthetic organisms, and embodied technologies.
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