#394 – Neri Oxman: Biology, Art, and Science of Design & Engineering with Nature

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Neri Oxman is a designer, engineer, scientist, and artist working on computational design, synthetic biology and digital fabrication, previously at MIT, and now at OXMAN. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(09:06) – Biomass vs anthropomass
(23:27) – Computational templates
(43:42) – Biological hero organisms
(54:42) – Engineering with bacteria
(1:02:59) – Plant communication
(1:16:22) – Albert Einstein letter
(1:19:44) – Beauty
(1:24:40) – Faith
(1:34:26) – Flaws
(1:54:15) – Extinction
(2:05:22) – Alien life
(2:09:12) – Music
(2:10:39) – Movies
(2:15:11) – Advice for young people

Brian Satis

Brian is WhatPod's Technology Editor. San Jose resident and veteran of the first Silicon Valley tech boom, Brian is founder of Duotone Game Studio and a contributing writer for Synthetic Dimensions, Podzone and Tech News Monthly.Got a podcast to suggest ? Contact Brian (brian.satis@whatpod.com.au)