Machina Synthetica Communicatia2019
Biodesign, Narrative Design, Ethics,
What if we
design DNA to redesign the Smartphone? Geopolitical, social and environmental
issues in the supply chain as well as in the recycling process of the
smartphone call for new production methods. The field of synthetic biology is parallelly
advancing in its possibilities to design organisms that are ever more complex
and offering organic solutions to current inorganic electronic components.
Creating a new product typology, Machina Synthetica Communicatia rethinks how
we produce, and how we might merge bodily with biological products. Apart from
technical questions of realization, we need to discuss other aspects as well.
What does it mean if a living product becomes an organic body extension and the
host becomes the battery? When we visit a farm to buy a extra organism?
Products and animals do not have rights. There are only consumer and animal
protection laws. If the product is alive, how will the law and social
structures change? Will it alter the identity of our species?
Multitudes
of ethical and social questions arise from the new possibilities of biological
production. Apart from these general questions an integrated living phone
offers the opportunity for somatic interfaces integrating a larger integration
of the body`s motoric capabilities and sensorial interaction.
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