Technology On the Runway:

Wearable Techonolgy

Institute for Unstable Media

Heat Sensitive Wall Paper

Phillips Sensitive Technology

Lucy and Bart

Bionic Learning Lab

Nervous System

OPEN SYSTEMS DESIGN

Permutations/Parametric Objects

Genetic Architecture

Neri Oxman's MATERIALECOLOGY

Neri Oxman is an architect and researcher whose work attempts to establish new forms of experimental design and novel processes of material practice at the interface of design, computer science, material engineering and ecology.

Livingphorm Blog

Andrew Kidless' MATERIAL SYSTEMS

Biorock

TED : Rachel Armstrong: Architecture that repairs itself?

Venice, Italy is sinking. To save it, Rachel Armstrong says we need to outgrow architecture made of inert materials and, well, make architecture that grows itself. She proposes a not-quite-alive material that does its own repairs and sequesters carbon, too.

TED : Janine Benyus: Biomimicry in action

Janine Benyus has a message for inventors: When solving a design problem, look to nature first. There you'll find inspired designs for making things waterproof, aerodynamic, solar-powered and more. Here she reveals dozens of new products that take their cue from nature with spectacular results.