Intelligent floating machines inspired by nature
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"What if our machines could be more than just our tools, and instead, a new type of companion species?" she asks.
Taking cues from soft robotics and the natural world, conceptual artist Anicka Yi builds lighter-than-air machines that roam and react like autonomous life forms.
Her floating "aerobes" inspire us to think about new ways of living with machines -- and to ponder how they could evolve into living creatures.
"What if our machines could be more than just our tools, and instead, a new type of companion species?" she asks.
Anicka Yi is interested in the intersection of technology and biology. She uses innovative materials to break down distinctions between plants, animals, and machines -- and question what it means to be human.
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