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Virj Kan

@virjkan

Unveiling abstract information landscapes we exist in. Founder @Primitivesio. Former HCI research @MIT.

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linkhttps://www.virj.io calendar_today14-10-2011 22:01:42

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Guess who are the 20 companies that produce 55% of the world’s plastic waste? Top 3 prize goes to ExxonMobil Dow Sinopec for undermining the progress of #circulareconomy #SDGs #biomaterials initiatives theguardian.com/environment/20…

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Excited for talk tonight at Dork Bot at 7pm pt! I’ll be sharing some of my work on biodesign, physical computing, and biointerfaces

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"Life Support" is a performative sculpture that respires, through electronically induced breathing. I did this piece as a rumination on the current reductionist, machine-centric views on life in modern medical sciences. ⁠ See more: virj.io/-life-support#… ⁠ #interactiveart

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Biota Beats a microbial record player that translates growth into new auditory media, where microorganisms in the human body is sonified into music. I worked on this project with David Sun Kong, Ph.D. @marymaggic and others @emwstreetbio for @igemcommunity

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This "Microbial Portrait" was captured from a time-lapse after human faces were plated on growth media. The result is a snapshot of a home. A home to the millions of microorganisms called the skin microbiota.

This "Microbial Portrait" was captured from a time-lapse after human faces were plated on growth media. The result is a snapshot of a home. A home to the millions of microorganisms called the skin microbiota.